Various preanalytical variables and their effects on the quality of laboratory results

Diabetologia Croatica

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages

  Cvitkovic, Livija ^a   Mesic, Ranko ^a  

^a University of Zagreb   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Laboratory results; Preanalytical factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 42049116517     PISSN: 03510042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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