A new model to calculate uncertainty of measurement for quantitative assays in clinical pathology laboratories

Australian Journal of Medical Science

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 140-149

  Mina, A ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical pathology testing; Quantitative testing; Random error; Systematic error; Uncertainty of measurement

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO CALCULATION; ACCREDITATION; CLINICAL LABORATORY; MEASUREMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RANDOM ERROR; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 29544434994     PISSN: 10381643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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