Preanalytic variables in laboratory testing

Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 540-545

  Dale, Jane C ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULATION; BODY POSTURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIET; EXERCISE; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HEMOLYSIS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0031720927     PISSN: 00075027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/labmed/29.9.540     Document Type: Review

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