Impact of reference materials on accuracy in clinical chemistry

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 449-457

  Franzini, Carlo ^a,c   Ceriotti, Ferruccio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Commutability; Control materials; Reference materials

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROL; LABORATORY TEST; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0032146055     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-9120(98)00054-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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