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Assessment of donor service quality at national blood service Zimbabwe using SERVQUAL instrument

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Assessment of donor service quality at national blood service Zimbabwe using SERVQUAL instrument. / Kafere, Chancelar; Garad, Alaa.

In: International Journal for Quality Research, Vol. 14, No. 4, 03.12.2020, p. 1037–1058.

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Kafere, C & Garad, A 2020, 'Assessment of donor service quality at national blood service Zimbabwe using SERVQUAL instrument', International Journal for Quality Research, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 1037–1058. https://doi.org/10.24874/IJQR14.04-04

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Kafere, C., & Garad, A. (2020). Assessment of donor service quality at national blood service Zimbabwe using SERVQUAL instrument. International Journal for Quality Research, 14(4), 1037–1058. https://doi.org/10.24874/IJQR14.04-04

Vancouver

Kafere C, Garad A. Assessment of donor service quality at national blood service Zimbabwe using SERVQUAL instrument. International Journal for Quality Research. 2020 Dec 3;14(4):1037–1058. https://doi.org/10.24874/IJQR14.04-04

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Kafere, Chancelar ; Garad, Alaa. / Assessment of donor service quality at national blood service Zimbabwe using SERVQUAL instrument. In: International Journal for Quality Research. 2020 ; Vol. 14, No. 4. pp. 1037–1058.

Bibtex

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