Partitioning reference values for several subpopulations using cluster analysis

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1026-1032

  Gellerstedt, Martin ^a   Hyltoft Petersen, Per ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY WEST   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cluster; Partitioning; Reference interval

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW;

CHEMISTRY, CLINICAL; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 34548747536     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2007.192     Document Type: Review

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