Cost and workload in the parasitology laboratory derived from attention to the immigrant;Coste económico y carga asistencial en el laboratorio de parasitología derivados de la atención al inmigrante

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 188-192

  Turrientes, María del Carmen ^a   Huerga, Helena ^a   López Vélez, Rogelio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Charge; Immigration; Laboratory procedures and techniques; Parasitic disease; Workload

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COST; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LABORATORY; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; TROPICAL MEDICINE; URINE CULTURE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0344951011     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13045449     Document Type: Article

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