Roots, development and future directions of laboratory medicine

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 903-909

  Price, Christopher P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

clinical effectiveness; laboratory medicine; outcomes; transformational change; translational research; value for money

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL DISCIPLINES, SCIENCE AND ART; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN GENOME; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AUTOMATION; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; HUMANS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 77954235977     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2010.185     Document Type: Review

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