General practitioner (GP) cardiac troponin test requesting: Findings from a clinical laboratory audit

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 290-293

  Sodi, Ravinder ^a   Hine, Trevor ^a   Shenkin, Alan ^a  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL AND BROADGREEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN T;

ARTICLE; CARDIAC TROPONIN TEST; CLINICAL LABORATORY; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; INTERVIEW; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL AUDIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THORAX PAIN; LABORATORY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

LABORATORIES; MEDICAL AUDIT; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34250333451     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 00045632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/000456307780480800     Document Type: Article

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