PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Korcok, M. TI - "Cash-for-blood" companies still thriving in US DP - 1998 Nov 03 TA - Canadian Medical Association Journal PG - 1165--1166 VI - 159 IP - 9 4099 - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/159/9/1165.short 4100 - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/159/9/1165.full SO - CMAJ1998 Nov 03; 159 AB - Unlike Canada's voluntary blood-collection system, the US system routinely makes use of donations from paid donors. Milan Korcok reports that this is starting to cause some concern, since infection levels tend to be higher among those who are paid for their blood.