Reference interval computation using robust vs parametric and nonparametric analyses

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2284-2285

  Horn, Paul S ^b   Pesce, Amadeo J ^a   Copeland, Bradley E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL LABORATORY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032711129     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/45.12.2284     Document Type: Article

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