Error rates in Australian chemical pathology laboratories

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 128-130

  Khoury, Mounira ^a   Burnett, Leslie ^b   Mackay, Mark A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPUTER; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PATHOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 0029812334     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1996.tb124883.x     Document Type: Article

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