Analytical quality: An unfinished journey

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 357-359

  Plebani, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

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Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; CLINICAL LABORATORY; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; STANDARD;

EID: 85037828236     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2017-0717     Document Type: Review

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