Low level of adherence to instructions for 24-hour urine collection among hospital outpatients

Biochemia Medica

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 316-320

  Miler, Marijana ^a   Šimundić, Ana Maria ^a  

^a SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Data collection; Preanalytical errors; Questionnaires; Urine specimen collection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSICIAN; PLASTIC BOTTLE; QUESTIONNAIRE; URINALYSIS; URINE VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROATIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; URINE SPECIMEN COLLECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885042042     PISSN: 13300962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11613/BM.2013.038     Document Type: Article

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