System to monitor a portion of the total testing process in medical clinics and laboratories: Evaluation of a split-specimen design

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 269-280

  Shahangian, Shahram ^a   Cohn, Richard D ^b   Gaunt, Edward E ^b   Krolak, John M ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Research Triangle Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; POTASSIUM;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY;

EID: 0032990362     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/45.2.269     Document Type: Article

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