Point-of-care testing: Millennium technology for critical care

Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 402-408

  Louie, Richard F ^a   Tang, Zuping ^a   Shelby, David G ^a   Kost, Gerald J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMERGENCY WARD; INTENSIVE CARE; OPERATING ROOM; REVIEW;

EID: 0033923764     PISSN: 00075027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/0Y5F-B7NP-5Y67-GW7T     Document Type: Review

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