Temperature and time stability of whole blood lactate: Implications for feasibility of pre-hospital measurement

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Seymour, Christopher W ^a,b   Carlbom, David ^a   Cooke, Colin R ^c   Watkins, Timothy R ^a   Bulger, Eileen M ^a   Rea, Thomas D ^d   Baird, Geoffrey S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 79957549982     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-4-169     Document Type: Article

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