The importance of understanding variation

Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 211-213

  Badrick, Tony ^a  

^a BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMYLASE; CHOLESTEROL; CORTISONE; CREATININE;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LABORATORY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; REFERENCE VALUE;

EID: 84864421173     PISSN: 09701915     EISSN: 09740422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12291-012-0242-7     Document Type: Editorial

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