Urine examination: Time for a change?;Gli esami su urine. È il tempo per cambiare?

Rivista di Medicina di Laboratorio

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 93-103

  Cappelletti, P ^a  

^a Dipto di Medicina di Laboratorio   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; CONFERENCE PAPER; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0036461874     PISSN: 15923479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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