International federation of clinical chemistry: A strategy to promote the rational use of laboratory tests

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 244, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 121-127

  Pannall, Peter ^a,b   Marshall, William ^a   Jabor, Antonin ^a   Magid, Erik ^a  

^a Documents Section   (Italy)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical guidelines; Diagnosis; Laboratory testing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; DOCUMENTATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; UTILIZATION REVIEW; CLINICAL LABORATORY; EDUCATION; INFORMATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

DOCUMENTATION; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES;

EID: 0030607775     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0009-8981(95)06205-X     Document Type: Article

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