Point-of-care testing: Administration within a health system

Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 453-459

  Ingram Main, Rhonda ^a   Kiechle, Frederick L ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUING EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; REVIEW; TRAINING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0342757792     PISSN: 00075027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/tdq6-gvw0-rdgr-frhw     Document Type: Review

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