A study of pre-analytical variables in clinical biochemistry laboratory

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 10-11, 2011, Pages 944-945

  Ashakiran, S ^a   Sumati, M E ^a   Murthy, N Krishna ^a  

^a SRI DEVARAJ URS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Errors; Pre analytical; Quality

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HEMOLYSIS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QUALITY CONTROL;

BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CHEMISTRY, CLINICAL; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; HUMANS;

EID: 79958828733     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: 18732933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2011.05.003     Document Type: Article

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