Laboratory Screening at Preventive Health Exams. Trend of Testing, 1978-2004

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 59-62

  Chacko, Karen M ^a   Feinberg, Lawrence E ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; SCREENING TEST; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED STATES; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; COLORADO; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846030513     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2006.09.002     Document Type: Article

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