Measurements should not be recorded as less than MDA: An extension

Health Physics

Volumn 94, Issue 5 SUPPL. 2, 2008, Pages

  Potter, William Edward ^a   Strzelczyk, Jadwiga ^b  

^a University of Colorado Health Science Center ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision level; Detection limit; Hypothesis testing; Minimum detectable activity

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DECISION MAKING; HYPOTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; SHORT SURVEY;

BIOMETRY; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS;

EID: 42149188123     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000304156.82787.96     Document Type: Short Survey

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