Is laboratory medicine a dying profession? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 939-941

  Plebani, Mario ^a,b   Lippi, Giuseppe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Abano Terme General Hospital   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL LABORATORY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SURVIVAL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES;

EID: 77954316512     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2010.05.015     Document Type: Editorial

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