Description and utilization of the United States Department of Defense serum repository: A review of published studies, 1985-2012

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Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Perdue, Christopher L ^a   Cost, Angelia A Eick ^a   Rubertone, Mark V ^a   Lindler, Luther E ^a   Ludwig, Sharon L ^a  

^a Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; DIOXIN; DNA; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; VITAMIN D;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD STORAGE; CRYOPRESERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INJURY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; SERUM; SERUM REPOSITORY; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; META ANALYSIS; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; HUMANS; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH; SERUM; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE;

EID: 84923771670     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114857     Document Type: Article

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