Comparison of hemolysis in blood samples collected using an automatic incision device and a manual lance

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1072-1074

  Kazmierczak, Steven C ^a   Robertson, Alex F ^b   Briley, Kimberly P ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FAMILY PLANNING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NEONATOLOGY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TECHNIQUE; TIME;

EID: 0036872698     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.156.11.1072     Document Type: Article

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