Error propagation in calculated ratios

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 9-10, 2007, Pages 728-734

  Holmes, Daniel T ^a   Buhr, Kevin A ^b  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

Data analysis; Estimation technique statistics; Statistics

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA COLLECTION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 34249658587     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2006.12.014     Document Type: Article

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