Biorepositories - At the bleeding edge

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 231-233

  Manolio, Teri A ^a  

^a NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CLINICAL DATA REPOSITORY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION STUDY;

BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 41849136862     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dym282     Document Type: Editorial

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