Recent activities of EC4 in the harmonization of clinical chemistry in the European Union

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 477-480

  Sanders, Gerard T ^a   Jansen, Rob T ^b   Beastall, Graham ^c   Gurr, Eberhard ^d   Kenny, Desmond ^e   Kohse, Klaus P ^f   Zérah, Simone ^g  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ST ANNA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d Klinikum Links der Weser   (Germany)

^e OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^f KLINIKUM OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^g Lab d'Analyses de Biologie Medicale   (France)

Author keywords

Accreditation; Clinical chemistry; Register; Syllabus

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL LABORATORY; EUROPEAN UNION; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTRATION; SHORT SURVEY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRAINING; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

CHEMISTRY, CLINICAL; EUROPEAN UNION; RESEARCH;

EID: 0032923223     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.1999.077     Document Type: Short Survey

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