Design and implementation of a high-throughput biological sample processing facility using modern manufacturing principles

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Downey, Paul ^a   Peakman, Tim C ^a  

^a UK BIOBANK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design and implementation of a biobank; High throughput biological sample processing and archiving

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION STUDY;

AUTOANALYSIS; BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY CONTROL; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 41849148065     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyn031     Document Type: Article

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