Interpretation of laboratory results: The Reference Intervals, a necessary evil?

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 939-941

  Henny, Joseph ^a  

^a Centre de Medecine Preventive   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; TRANSFERENCE;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REFERENCE VALUES; RESEARCH;

EID: 34548737706     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2007.272     Document Type: Editorial

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