Optimizing frequency and number of controls for automatic multichannel analyzers

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1014-1023

  Neubauer, Aljoscha ^a   Wolter, Christian ^a   Falkner, Christine ^a   Neumeier, Dieter ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031925146     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/44.5.1014     Document Type: Article

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