Diagnostic effectiveness: The pre-preanalytic phase;Utilità diagnostica: La fase pre-preanalitica

Rivista Italiana della Medicina di Laboratorio

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 5-19

  Cappelletti, Piero ^a  

^a S MARIA DEGLI ANGELI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL LABORATORY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTICE; LABORATORY; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICINE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW;

EID: 33747753480     PISSN: 1825859X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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