Effect of order of draw of blood samples during phlebotomy on routine biochemistry results

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1019-1020

  Sulaiman, Raashda A ^a   Cornes, Michael P ^a   Whitehead, Simon J ^a   Othonos, Nadia ^a   Ford, Clare ^a   Gama, Rousseau ^a,b  

^a NEW CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM; EDETIC ACID; IRON; MAGNESIUM; POTASSIUM; ZINC;

ADULT; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; LABORATORY TEST; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PHLEBOTOMY; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM; EDETIC ACID; HUMANS; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOTOMY; POSTURE; POTASSIUM; YOUNG ADULT; ZINC;

EID: 80054883653     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jclinpath-2011-200206     Document Type: Article

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