Analytical quality goals derived from the total deviation from patients' homeostatic set points, with a margin for analytical errors

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 443-450

  Bolann, B J ^a,c   Asberg A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Clinical chemistry tests; Clinical laboratory techniques; Quality control

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 4043155673     PISSN: 00365513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365510410001167     Document Type: Article

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