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Haematology tests in toxicology: Time for a re-think?

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The AACC-DACC/ASVCP report is extremely welcome and timely, and our thanks are due to them for their efforts in publishing the views of many comparative clinical pathologists. This author has suggested a number of modifications, with which others may or may not agree: however, it is felt that there is sufficient common ground, given some further discussion and negotiation, to make the goal of an agreed international approach attainable.

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  1. Department of Clinical Pathology, Huntingdon Research Centre, Cambs PE18 6ES, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, UK

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The views expressed in this commentary are the personal views of one of us (GB), and do not necessarily reflect the views of the other editors.

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Brown, G. Haematology tests in toxicology: Time for a re-think?. Comparative Haematology International 2, 231–235 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00216100

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