Age-dependent biochemical quantities: An approach for calculating reference intervals

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 707-722

  Bjerner, J ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Confidence intervals; Covariate; Exponential; Fractional polynomials; Gaussian; Maximum likelihood; Reference intervals; Regression; Transformation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COVARIANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGE FACTORS; ALGORITHMS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CA-15-3 ANTIGEN; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 35748939716     PISSN: 00365513     EISSN: 15027686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365510701342070     Document Type: Article

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