Quality assessment of quantitative analytical results in laboratory medicine by root mean square of measurement deviation

LaboratoriumsMedizin

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 111-117

  Macdonald, Rainer ^a  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Analytical measurements; Bias; Comparability; Imprecision; Metrological controls; Quality control; Uncertainty of measurement

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL MEDICINE; LABORATORY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PROBABILITY; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 33746473545     PISSN: 03423026     EISSN: 14390477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JLM.2006.018     Document Type: Article

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