The proceedings of a congress of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, September 1988, in Kobe, Japan. The 55 papers report recent innovations in the equipment and techniques of laboratory medicine. Some of the topics are expert systems in clinical chemistry, dry chemistry on whole blood, critical care testing using unmanned robotic facilities, new assays for the diagnosis of viral infections, and sampling techniques and advantages of saliva over blood. No index. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
