Second opinions: Pathologists' preventive medicine

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 310-311

  Allen, Timothy Craig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE;

HUMANS; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 84874747953     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2012-0512-ED     Document Type: Note

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