Commentary: Learning to love Lot Quality Assurance Sampling

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 864-865

  Morris, Saul ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD NUTRITION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATISTICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALNUTRITION; NOTE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 34548552828     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dym120     Document Type: Note

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