Laboratory medicine in the United Kingdom: 1948-1998 and beyond

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 290, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 5-36

  Price, Christopher P ^a   Barnes, Ian C ^b  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINANCE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; LABORATORY; MARKET; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; REVIEW; STAFF; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032708201     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-8981(99)00175-8     Document Type: Article

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