International Council for Standardization in Haematology - The first 40 years

International Journal of Laboratory Hematology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 253-267

  Lewis, S M ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

International standards; Reference methods; Standardization; WHO

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CYANOCOBALAMIN; ERYTHROCYTE ENZYME; FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; IRON; RADIOISOTOPE;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOCUMENTATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; EXPERT SYSTEM; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FLOW KINETICS; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEMATOLOGY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; STAINING; STANDARDIZATION; THROMBOSIS; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HEMATOLOGY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES;

EID: 65349158202     PISSN: 17515521     EISSN: 1751553X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-553X.2009.01138.x     Document Type: Review

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