Brief communication: Probability and the Westgard rules

Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 113-114

  Carroll, Tomás A ^a   Pinnick, Heather A ^b   Carroll, Wallace E ^b,c  

^a Phillips Petroleum Corporation ^*  (United States)

^b SANTA BARBARA COTTAGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical laboratory testing; Probability; Quality assurance; Westgard's rules

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL LABORATORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUALITY CONTROL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; LABORATORY; STANDARD;

CHEMISTRY, CLINICAL; LABORATORIES; PROBABILITY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 0037412419     PISSN: 00917370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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