A miniaturized analyzer capable of white-blood- cell and differential analyses during spaceflight

Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 304-312

  Crucian, Brian ^a   Quiriarte, Heather ^b   Guess, Terry ^c   Ploutz Snyder, Robert ^d   McMonigal, Kathleen ^a   Sams, Clarence ^a  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b JES Tech   (United States)

^c WYLE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Hematology analyzer; Spaceflight

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; COSMONAUT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EOSINOPHIL; FLOW CYTOMETER; GRANULOCYTE; GRAVITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEMATOLOGY ANALYZER; HUMAN; HYDRODYNAMICS; LABORATORY; LABORATORY DEVICE; LAMINAR FLOW; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROGRAVITY; MONOCYTE; NORMAL HUMAN; SPACE FLIGHT; VALIDATION STUDY; VENOUS BLOOD; WBC DIFFERENTIAL ANALYZER; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 84893118991     PISSN: 00075027     EISSN: 19437730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/LMD3THAYCHICF2XT     Document Type: Article

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