Blood transfusion service in Georgia.

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National Center for Disease Control and Public Health, Tbilisi, Georgia; Ministry for Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Labor, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia.

Published: October 2023

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