The network of the Italian laboratories: A proficiency test on the quantification of trace elements in serum

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 171-179

  Costantini, Sergio ^a   Ciaralli, Laura ^a   Ciprotti, Maria ^a   D'Ilio, Sonia ^a   Giordano, Rosa ^a   Mosca, Maurizio ^a   Sepe, Alessandra ^a   Senofonte, Oreste ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biological fluid; Proficiency test; Serum; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COPPER; MANGANESE; RUBIDIUM; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; VANADIUM; ZINC;

ACCREDITATION; ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BODY FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREEZE DRYING; ITALY; LABORATORY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SERUM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACCREDITATION; ALUMINUM; ANIMALS; CATTLE; COPPER; HORSES; ITALY; LABORATORIES; MANGANESE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELENIUM; SERUM; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

EID: 31644440160     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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