Assessment of the state-of-the-art trueness and precision of serum total-calcium and glucose measurements in Finnish laboratories - The QSL- Finland study

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 229-240

  Linko, S ^a   Himberg, J J ^b   Thienpont, L ^c   Stockl D ^b   De Leenheer, A ^c  

^a Diacor Hospital   (Finland)

^b HUCS Laboratory   (Finland)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bias; External quality assessment; ID GC MS; Ion chromatography; Precision; Quality specifications; Reference method; Reference method value; True value; Trueness; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; GLUCOSE;

ACCREDITATION; ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL LABORATORY; FINLAND; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ION PAIR CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOTOPE DILUTION ASSAY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; CALCIUM; CHEMISTRY, CLINICAL; FINLAND; GLUCOSE 1-DEHYDROGENASE; GLUCOSE DEHYDROGENASES; HEXOKINASE; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0031782149     PISSN: 00365513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365519850186625     Document Type: Article

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