Human Blood: Related Internet Sites

Related Internet Sites

Blood in general:

Blood Groups (links to good summaries of 26 human blood type systems--Serum, Cells, and Rare Fluid Exchange--SCARF)

Genes and Blood Types (interesting descriptions of the major blood components, blood typing, and blood transfusion; by the Genetic Science Learning Center, The University of Utah)

Introduction to Hematology (a tutorial on blood and blood banking--Puget Sound Blood Center)

Table of Blood Group Systems (Information about 29 human blood type systems--International Society of Blood Transfusion)

What's Your Type (good presentation of what blood typing is all about--The Franklin Institute Science Museum)

ABO blood system:

ABO Mother-fetus Incompatibility (good summary of causes, prevention, symptoms, treatment, and expectation--HealthCentral)

Blood Group System: ABO (technical summary of the genetics of ABO types--Serum, Cells, and Rare Fluid Exchange)

Rh blood system:

Blood Group System: Rh (technical summary of the genetics of Rh types--Serum, Cells, and Rare Fluid Exchange)

Other Related Links:

HealthCentral (online health newsletter plus a library with information about 6,000 diseases which includes 12,000 photos and illustrations)

Harvard Medical School's Consumer Health Information (articles and information about a wide variety of health related issues)

Healthline (good one-stop medical information site)

Journal of Human Evolution (articles on biological anthropology topics)

MedlinePlus Health Information (National Library of Medicine)

Medpedia (new international online medical encyclopedia)

PubMed (U.S. National Library of Medicine database of 9 million research article abstracts--Medline and Pre-Medline)

ALLRefer.com Health (site that provides extensive medical information about most topics related to human medical concerns)

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