Are laboratory services coming of age in sub-Saharan Africa?

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 383-384

  Bates, Imelda ^a   Maitland, Kathryn ^b,c  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CLINICAL LABORATORY; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFECTION; INVESTMENT; LABORATORY TEST; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 31044444369     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/499368     Document Type: Note

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