Uncertainty calculation for calibrators and controls of laboratory diagnostic assays

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1175-1182

  Konnert, Andrea ^a,b   Berding, Christoph ^a   Arends, Sabine ^a  

^a ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS GMBH   (Germany)

^b TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calibration; Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement (GUM); Standardization; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ASSAY; CALCULATION; CALIBRATOR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; UNCERTAINTY;

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; CHEMISTRY, CLINICAL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; HUMANS; QUALITY CONTROL; THYROTROPIN; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 33750063665     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14346621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2006.222     Document Type: Review

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