Characterization and classification of external quality assessment schemes (EQA) according to objectives such as evaluation of method and participant bias and standard deviation discussion paper from the members of the external quality assessment (EQA) working group a1 on analytical goals in laboratory medicine

European Journal of Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 665-678

  Libeer, Jean Claude ^a,h   Baadenhuijsen, Henk ^b   Fraser, Callum G ^c   Petersen, Per Hyltoft ^d   Ricôs, Carmen ^e   Stöckl, Dietmar ^f   Thienpont, Linda ^g  

^a Klinische Biologie   (Belgium)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^f Institut fur Standardisierung und Dokumentation im medizinischen Laboratorium e V INSTAND e V   (Germany)

^g GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^h Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology of Brussels   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; LABORATORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUALITY CONTROL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0029813456     PISSN: 09394974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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