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Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1259-1264

  Boyd, James C ^a   Rifai, Nader ^b   Annesley, Thomas M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EDITOR; EDITORIAL; METHODOLOGY; PEER REVIEW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDITY; WRITING;

AUTHORSHIP; PUBLISHING;

EID: 67650080469     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2009.129916     Document Type: Editorial

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