Sample Integrity and Preanalytical Variables

Quality in Laboratory Hemostasis and Thrombosis, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 45-56

  Funk, Dorothy Adcock ^a  

^a Esoterix Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Coagulation; Pre analytical; Processing; Sodium citrate; Specimen collection; Storage; Transport

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886980820     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118543467.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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