Screening laboratory requests [3]

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1792-1793

  Petti, Cathy A ^a,b   Polage, Christopher R ^a   Hillyard, David R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ARUP LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG SCREENING; HUMAN; LABORATORY; LETTER; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

EID: 33750538857     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1211.060711     Document Type: Letter

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