A guide to the history of clinical chemistry

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1118-1126

  Kricka, Larry J ^a   Savory, John ^b  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; DOCUMENTATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METHODOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; HISTORY; INFORMATION CENTER;

ARCHIVES; CHEMISTRY, CLINICAL; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; MUSEUMS;

EID: 79961071801     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2011.165233     Document Type: Review

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