Reflective testing: Adding value to laboratory testing

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1249-1252

  Verboeket Van De Venne, Wilhelmine P H G ^a   Aakre, Kristin M ^b,c   Watinea, Joseph ^b,d   Oosterhuis, Wytze P ^a,b  

^a Sittard Geleen Heerlen   (Netherlands)

^b Working Group on Guidelines   (France)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d Hôpital de la Chartreuse   (France)

Author keywords

Adding on tests; Primary health care; Reflective testing

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; IRON; MAGNESIUM; POTASSIUM; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; THYROTROPIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; LABORATORY TEST; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLECTIVE TESTING; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HUMANS; LABORATORIES;

EID: 84866602280     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2011-0611     Document Type: Article

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