Comparison of some European external quality assessment schemes in the field of occupational and environmental medicine

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 285-294

  Christensen, Jytte Molin ^a   Olsen, Erik ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Blood lead; Environmental medicine; External quality control; Inter scheme comparison; Laboratory performance evaluation; Occupational medicine

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARD;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; LEAD; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0029684155     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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