Objective determination of appropriate reporting intervals

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 385-390

  Badrick, Tony ^a   Wilson, Susan R ^b   Dimeski, Goce ^c   Hickman, Peter E ^c  

^a Sullivan   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARBAMAZEPINE; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE; DIGOXIN; ESTRADIOL; FERRITIN; FOLLITROPIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GENTAMICIN; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROCORTISONE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PHENYTOIN; PROLACTIN; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; TESTOSTERONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; TROPONIN; URATE; UREA;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL LABORATORY; DRUG DETERMINATION; GENERAL PATHOLOGY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LABORATORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CHEMISTRY, CLINICAL; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 4644252588     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0004563041731583     Document Type: Article

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