Focused factories and boutique laboratories. The truth might lie in between

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 1484-1485

  Plebani, Mario ^a   Lippi, Giuseppe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL LABORATORY; COST CONTROL; HEALTH SERVICE; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 78149499373     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2010.09.001     Document Type: Letter

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