Variability of the biological variation

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 561-563

  Fuentes Arderiu, Xavier ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biological variation; Metrological goals; Metrological requirements

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHLORIDE; CHOLESTEROL; CREATINE KINASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIOTHYRONINE; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION; THYROXINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URATE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL VARIATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

HUMANS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0036916665     PISSN: 00365513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003655102321004585     Document Type: Article

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