Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology
Volume 24, Issue 2 , Pages 98-107 , May 2007

Medicolegal liability in laboratory medicine

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doi: 10.1053/j.semdp.2007.03.008

Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology
Volume 24, Issue 2 , Pages 98-107 , May 2007

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