Limits of quantitation for laboratory assays

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C: Applied Statistics

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 63-76

  Cox, Christopher ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Delta method; Detection limit; Limit of quantitation; Linear regression

Indexed keywords

EID: 12844262294     PISSN: 00359254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9876.2005.00470.x     Document Type: Review

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