To avoid fasting time, more risk than benefits

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2015, Pages e261-e264

  Guidi, Gian Cesare ^a,b   Simundic, Ana Maria ^c   Salvagno, Gian Luca ^a   Aquino, Jerolino Lopes ^d   Lima Oliveira, Gabriel ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

^d International Federation of Clinical Chemistry   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD SAMPLING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; FASTING TIME; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; PATIENT SAFETY; PHLEBOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; TIME; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; BLOOD; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDS; TIME FACTOR;

BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; FASTING; HUMANS; LABORATORY PROFICIENCY TESTING; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84941198634     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2014-1013     Document Type: Letter

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