Flagging fasting plasma glucose specimens: Time to routinely label the context in which pathology specimens are recorded

Informatics in Primary Care

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 63-64

  De Lusignan, Simon ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BLOOD SAMPLING; DIET RESTRICTION; EDITORIAL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; FASTING; HUMANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 73949083242     PISSN: 14760320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14236/jhi.v17i2.716     Document Type: Editorial

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