Haematology in under-resourced laboratories

Dacie and Lewis Practical Haematology

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 673-688

  Bates, Imelda ^a   Mendelow, Barry ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

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EID: 84155176160     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B0-44-306660-4/50031-3     Document Type: Chapter

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