Biobanking on multiple continents: Will international coordination follow?

Biopreservation and Biobanking

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-2

  Vaught, Jim ^a   Bledsoe, Marianna ^b   Watson, Peter ^c  

^a George Washington University ^*

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNATIONALITY;

EID: 84894441594     PISSN: 19475535     EISSN: 19475543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bio.2014.1211     Document Type: Editorial

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