Laboratory medicine does matter in science (and medicine)... yet many seem to ignore it

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1655-1656

  Lippi, Giuseppe ^a   Plebani, Mario ^b  

^a ACADEMIC HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; PYROXYLIN;

CLINICAL LABORATORY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EDITORIAL; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; LABORATORY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MEDICINE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; BIBLIOMETRICS; RESEARCH;

BIBLIOMETRICS; RESEARCH REPORT;

EID: 84944066533     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2015-0719     Document Type: Editorial

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