Regional implementation of creatinine measurement standardization

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 164-169

  Komenda, Paul ^a,b,d   Beaulieu, Monica ^a,b   Seccombe, David ^a,c   Levin, Adeera ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b British Columbia Provincial Renal Agency   (Canada)

^c Canadian External Quality Assessment Laboratory   (Canada)

^d ST BONIFACE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISOTOPE DILUTION ASSAY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICAL AUDIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 38149001375     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: 15333450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1681/ASN.2007020156     Document Type: Article

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