Pathology services in developing countries: A challenge

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 131, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1636-1639

  Benediktsson, Hallgrímur ^a,d   Whitelaw, John ^b   Roy, Indrojit ^c  

^a CALGARY LABORATORY SERVICES   (Canada)

^b Central Vancouver Island Health Region   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; PATHOLOGY; POVERTY; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; LAOS; PATHOLOGY; TANZANIA; UGANDA;

EID: 35949004333     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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