The IFCC recommendation on estimation of reference intervals. The RefVal program

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 710-714

  Solberg, Helge Erik ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Computer program; Reference values; Statistics

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; CALCULATION; CLINICAL LABORATORY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; REFERENCE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CHEMISTRY, CLINICAL; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 4344634762     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2004.121     Document Type: Review

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