Calculating uncertainty of measurement for serology assays by use of precision and bias

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 526-529

  Dimech, Wayne ^a   Francis, Barbara ^a   Kox, Jennifer ^b   Roberts, Graham ^b  

^a National Serology Reference Laboratory   (Australia)

^b National Association of Testing Authorities   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSAY; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL LABORATORY; COMPETENCE; HUMAN; INTERNET; ORGANIZATION; QUALITY CONTROL; SAMPLE (STATISTICS); SEROLOGY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

ALGORITHMS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SEROLOGIC TESTS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 33644530679     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2005.056689     Document Type: Article

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