Stability of plasma analytes after delayed separation of whole blood: implications for epidemiological studies.
BACKGROUND: Large blood-based epidemiological studies require simple, cost-effective sample collection methods. Immediate sample separation or rapid transport of chilled blood samples to a central laboratory may be impractical or prohibitively expensive. To assess the feasibility and reliability of...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2003
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