Bulletin of the World Health Organization : 1971; Volume 44; Volume 44, Number 1-2-3, Year 1971, Pages 363-374: Biodegradable Analogues of DDT

By Robert L. Metcalf

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Title:	Bulletin of the World Health Organization : 1971; Volume 44; Volume 44, Number 1-2-3, Year 1971, Pages 363-374: Biodegradable Analogues of DDT
Author:	Robert L. Metcalf
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
Collections:	Medical Library Collection, World Health Collection
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


Citation APA MLA Chicago L. Metcal, B. R. (n.d.). Bulletin of the World Health Organization : 1971; Volume 44; Volume 44, Number 1-2-3, Year 1971, Pages 363-374. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Description
Medical Reference Publication

Excerpt
A Working Group on the Organization and Methodology of Endocrinology Laboratories, organized by the WHO Regional Office for Europe in collaboration with the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany, met in Bonn from 25 to 28 November 1980. This was one of a series of working groups in various laboratory disciplines related to health care initiated by the Regional Office. It was attended by 21 temporary advisers from 11 countries and by 2 officials of the Regional Office.

Table of Contents
CONTENTS Page Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Organization of the laboratory service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Local services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Regional and national services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Assay techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Immunoassays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Chromatographic techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Spectrophotometric and related techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Equipment and reagents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Quality control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Clinical relevance of tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Clinical utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Training in endocrinology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Trends in endocrinology laboratory services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Clinical and technical trends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Areas for future research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10