title: Oxygen carriers ("blood substitutes")--raison d'etre, chemistry, and some physiology.
authors.affiliation: MRI Institute, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA 92103, USA. jgr@allp.com
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Riess
mesh_terms: D001782:Blood Donors / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001793:Blood Preservation; D001802:Blood Substitutes / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism*; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D013501:Surface-Active Agents
chemical_list: D001802:Blood Substitutes; D006454:Hemoglobins; D013501:Surface-Active Agents; D010100:Oxygen