Use of sweat conductivity measurements

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 390-391

  Hall, Elizabeth ^a   Lapworth, Ruth ^a  

^a KENT AND CANTERBURY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE CONDUCTANCE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; HUMAN; LETTER; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SWEAT; SWEAT TEST;

CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HUMANS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SWEAT;

EID: 77954405741     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 00045632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/acb.2010.010019     Document Type: Letter

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