The role of laboratory investigations in identifying body fluids

Hospital Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 281-284

  Murphy, Michael ^a  

^a DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUID; CHEMISTRY; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; STANDARD;

BODY FLUIDS; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 0033113315     PISSN: 14623935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/hosp.1999.60.4.1772     Document Type: Article

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