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Evidence-based approach to reducing perceived wasteful practices in laboratory medicine

  • T.P. Loh EMAIL logo and Sunil Kumar Sethi
From the journal Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM)
https://doi.org/10.1515/cclm-2012-0888
Keywords: evidence-based; laboratory; management
Corresponding author: T.P. Loh, Department of Laboratory Medicine, National University Hospital, 119074 Singapore

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Received: 2012-12-18
Accepted: 2012-12-26
Published Online: 2013-01-31
Published in Print: 2013-02-01

©2013 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin Boston

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