Evaluation, including effects of storage and repeated freezing and thawing, of a method for measurement of urinary creatinine

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 63, Issue 7-8, 2003, Pages 521-524

  Garde, A H ^a   Hansen, A M ^a   Kristiansen, J ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Creatinine; Freezing Thawing; Method evaluation; Storage; Urine

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FREEZING; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; THAWING; URINALYSIS;

COLD; CREATININE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FREEZING; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 1642388401     PISSN: 00365513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365510310000501     Document Type: Article

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