Standard reference materials and data quality assurance in the biomedical analysis of trace elements

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 263-272

  Gallorini, Mario ^a   Apostoli, Piero ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biological standard reference materials; biomarkers; human body fluids; quality assurance; trace elements

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; TRACE METAL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0029908637     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02789167     Document Type: Article

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