The truth about quality: Medical usefulness and analytical reliability of laboratory tests

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 346, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-11

  Westgard, James O ^a   Darcy, Teresa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical and analytical reliability; Laboratory tests; Quality control

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ACCURACY; CONFERENCE PAPER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY;

CHEMISTRY, CLINICAL; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; GUIDELINES; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 3242707032     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cccn.2003.12.034     Document Type: Conference Paper

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