Standardization in laboratory medicine: New challenges

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 355, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 1-12

  Panteghini, M ^a   Forest, J C ^b  

^a SPEDALI CIVILI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calibration; Certification; Reference materials; Standardization; Traceability

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMYLASE; CREATINE KINASE; ENZYME; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTEIN;

ACCREDITATION; ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STABILITY; LABORATORY TEST; MEASUREMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 17144394483     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cccn.2004.12.003     Document Type: Review

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