Laboratory applications for smartphones: Risk or opportunity?

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 273-274

  Lippi, Giuseppe ^a   Plebani, Mario ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; MOBILE PHONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMARTPHONE;

AUTOMATION, LABORATORY; CELLULAR PHONE; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; RISK;

EID: 79651474057     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2010.12.016     Document Type: Editorial

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