Towards common reference intervals in clinical chemistry

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 573-592

  Bäck, Sten Erik ^a   Nilsson, Jan Erik ^a   Fex, Göran ^b   Jeppson, Jan Olof ^c   Rosén, Ulf ^c   Tryding, Nils ^a   Von Schenck, Henning ^a   Norlund, Lena ^b  

^a CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Blood constituents; Clinical chemistry analytes; International recommendations; Reference intervals; Reference population; Reference values

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHEMISTRY, CLINICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0033049708     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.1999.091     Document Type: Article

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