Proposals for setting generally applicable quality goals solely based on biology

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 8-12

  Fraser, Callum G ^a   Petersen, Per Hyltoft ^b   Libeer, Jean Claude ^c   Ricos, Carmen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

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

^d Manresa General Hospital   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; LABORATORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0031031761     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000456329703400103     Document Type: Short Survey

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