Magnesium contamination from terumo blood collection tubes [8]

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1612-1614

  Dimeski, Goce ^a   Carter, Andrew ^a  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYE; FORMAZAN; HEPARIN; LITHIUM; LUBRICATING AGENT; MAGNESIUM; SILICONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLIDYL BLUE;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; BLOOD COLLECTION TUBE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COLORIMETRY; CONTAMINATION; GEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOASSAY; LETTER; NORMAL HUMAN; QUALITY CONTROL; SIGNAL DETECTION; SPECTROMETER; TUBE;

BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; COLORIMETRY; HUMANS; MAGNESIUM; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

EID: 33746618324     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2005.064683     Document Type: Letter

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