Analyzing proficiency criteria of health technology systems: The case of drug testing

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 359-369

  Barnum, Darold T ^a   Gleason, John M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Criterion errors; Drugs of abuse; Health care technology; Laboratory proficiency testing; Systems analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747934718     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/17.775287     Document Type: Article

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