The inseparable triad: Analytical sensitivity, measurement uncertainty, and quantitative resolution

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1831-1837

  Pardue, Harry L ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; CHEMISTRY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; PROBABILITY; REVIEW;

EID: 0030882515     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/43.10.1831     Document Type: Review

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