Quality Assessment of Interpretative Commenting in Clinical Chemistry

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 632-637

  Lim, Ee Mun ^a   Sikaris, Ken A ^b,c   Gill, Janice ^c   Calleja, John ^c   Hickman, Peter E ^d   Beilby, John ^a,e   Vasikaran, Samuel D ^e,f  

^a Clinical Biochemistry   (Australia)

^b MELBOURNE PATHOLOGY   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^d CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW;

CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; HUMANS; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 1542269028     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2003.024877     Document Type: Review

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