A quality management intervention to improve clinical laboratory use in acute myocardial infarction

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 11-14

  Isouard, Godfrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE MB;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0033521561     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1999.tb126856.x     Document Type: Article

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