Assessment of a program designed to improve orders for serum tumor markers in a general hospital;AMELIORATION DE LA PRESCRIPTION DE MARQUEURS TUMORAUX SERIQUES DANS UN HOPITAL GENERAL

Presse Medicale

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 153-156

  Pariente, A ^a,c   Prevost, J ^a   Montaut, N ^a   Quesnel Tueux, N ^a   Boulet, J M ^b   Gasnier, Y ^a   Mangon, C ^a   Malet, M ^a   Merlet, M ^a  

^a Centre Hospitalier

^b Centre Hospitalier

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE PAU   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; BLOOD; FRANCE; PRESCRIPTION; STANDARD;

FRANCE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0032583743     PISSN: 07554982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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