Enhancing blood availability in Latin America: A study on public perceptions and barriers to blood donation in Guatemala during the COVID-19 pandemic

Carolina Torres Perez-Iglesias, Jose C. Monzon, Isabella Faria, Shreenik Kundu, Ahsan Zil-E-Ali, Nakul Raykar, Sabrina Asturias

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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0003437
Published: 2025-02-11
Container: PLOS Global Public Health
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
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@article{allodium:10.1371/journal.pgph.0003437,
  title = {Enhancing blood availability in Latin America: A study on public perceptions and barriers to blood donation in Guatemala during the COVID-19 pandemic},
  author = {Carolina Torres Perez-Iglesias and Jose C. Monzon and Isabella Faria and Shreenik Kundu and Ahsan Zil-E-Ali and Nakul Raykar and Sabrina Asturias},
  year = {2025},
  journal = {PLOS Global Public Health},
  doi = {10.1371/journal.pgph.0003437},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0003437}
}

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Perez-Iglesias, C. T., Monzon, J. C., Faria, I., Kundu, S., Zil-E-Ali, A., Raykar, N., & Asturias, S. (2025). Enhancing blood availability in Latin America: A study on public perceptions and barriers to blood donation in Guatemala during the COVID-19 pandemic. PLOS Global Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0003437

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