Room for improvement in National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry laboratory medicine practice guidelines

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1392-1394

  Bossuyt, Patrick M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LABORATORY; NATIONAL ACADEMY OF CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY LABORATORY MEDICINE PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SCORING SYSTEM;

CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84866984530     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2012.192997     Document Type: Editorial

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