The evolution of biobanking best practices

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 413, Issue 19-20, 2012, Pages 1569-1575

  Vaught, Jim ^a   Lockhart, Nicole C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Best practices; Biobanking; Biorepository; Biospecimens; Informed consent; Tissue

Indexed keywords

BIOBANK INFORMATICS PRACTICE; BIOBANKING BEST PRACTICE; CONFIDENTIALITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITIES AND SERVICES; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LABORATORY TEST; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; ORGANIZATION; PATENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH ETHICS; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; STANDARDIZATION; STORAGE;

BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY CONTROL; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 84864395228     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: 18733492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2012.04.030     Document Type: Review

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