Intrinsic and routine quality of serum total potassium measurement as investigated by split-sample measurement with an ion chromatography candidate reference method

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 849-857

  Thienpont, Linda M ^a   Van Nuwenborg, Jean E ^a   Stöckl, Dietmar ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

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Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM ION;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ION PAIR CHROMATOGRAPHY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; QUALITY CONTROL; SERUM; STANDARD;

EID: 0031924435     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/44.4.849     Document Type: Article

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