Prerequisites for establishing common reference intervals

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 285-292

  Hyltoft Petersen, P ^a,b   Rustad, P ^c  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Division for General Practice   (Norway)

^c Furst Medical Laboratory   (Norway)

Author keywords

Common control; Common standardization; Homogeneous populations; Partitioning according to subgroups; Statistical evaluations

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIET RESTRICTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FOOD INTAKE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LABORATORY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RACE; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; SAMPLING; STANDARD; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICS;

EID: 3142716013     PISSN: 00365513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365510410006298     Document Type: Review

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