Troponin testing: An audit in three metropolitan hospitals

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 81-83

  Davey, Richard X ^a  

^a WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0042090712     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05440.x     Document Type: Article

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