Quality specifications for ordinal scale measurements with multiproperty (multiple) urine test strips

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 523-526

  Kouri, T ^a   Laippala, P ^a   Kutter, D ^b   Gant, V ^c   Hallander, H ^d   Guder, W G ^e  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Laboratoires Reunis Kutter Lieners Hastert Centre Langwies   (Luxembourg)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^e KLINIKUM BOGENHAUSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Analytical quality specifications; Ordinal scale; Test strips; Urinalysis

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BILIRUBIN; GLUCOSE; KETONE; NITRITE; UROBILINOGEN;

HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0033374328     PISSN: 00365513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365519950185274     Document Type: Review

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