Blood loss from laboratory diagnostic tests in children

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1623-1626

  Sztefko, Krystyna ^a   Beba, Joanna ^a   Mamica, Katarzyna ^a   Tomasik, Przemysław ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

blood volume; children; phlebotomy

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD VOLUME; BODY WEIGHT; CAPILLARY TUBE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD VOLUME; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABORATORIES; MALE; PHLEBOTOMY;

EID: 84882955090     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2012-0672     Document Type: Article

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