Between-examiner reproducibility in manual differential leukocyte counting

Accreditation and Quality Assurance

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 643-645

  Fuentes Arderiu, Xavier ^a   García Panyella, Mariona ^a   Dot Bach, Dolors ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Imprecision; Laboratory practice; Leukocytes; Quality control; Reproducibility; Statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 36849094397     PISSN: 09491775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00769-007-0323-0     Document Type: Article

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