Blood Sample Volumes: Emerging Trends in Clinical Practice and Laboratory Medicine

Clinical Leadership and Management Review

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 3-10

  McPherson, Richard A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEMIA; AUTOMATION; BLOOD VOLUME; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PHLEBOTOMY; REVIEW; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

ADULT; ANEMIA; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; AUTOMATION; BLOOD VOLUME DETERMINATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; PHLEBOTOMY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; UNITED STATES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 0035226954     PISSN: 15273954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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