Best Practices for Establishing a Biobank

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 675, Issue , 2011, Pages 241-260

  Hallmans, Göran ^a   Vaught, Jimmie B ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bar code; Biobank; Biological resource center; Biological sample; Cryovials; Liquid nitrogen; Specimen

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; STANDARD;

BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; CRYOPRESERVATION; HUMANS; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 79952116742     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-423-0_13     Document Type: Chapter

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