Development of standards for laboratory automation

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 746-750

  Hawker, Charles D ^a   Schlank, Marc R ^b  

^a ARUP LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b NCCLS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANALYSIS; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL LABORATORY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; REVIEW; STANDARD;

EID: 0034117704     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/46.5.746     Document Type: Review

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