title: Growth of medical laboratory work during 1920-2000.
abstract: The volume of work carried out by pathology departments has grown exponentially since they were first opened, and this is likely to continue to the end of the century. Computer diagnosis may modify the process.
mesh_terms: D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; D004739:England; D007753:Laboratories / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010336:Pathology