A method to estimate the uncertainty of measurements in a conglomerate of instruments/laboratories

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 551-558

  Kallner, A ^a   Khorovskaya, L ^b   Pettersson, T ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b PAVLOV FIRST SAINT PETERSBURG STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c ST GÖRAN S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ANOVA; Interlaboratory performance evaluation; Split sample

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAMPLE;

CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DATABASES; DATABASES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 31544471179     PISSN: 00365513     EISSN: 15027686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365510500206567     Document Type: Article

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