Assays with lower detection limits: Implications for epidemiological investigations

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 597-602

  Whitcomb, Brian W ^a   Schisterman, Enrique F ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Laboratory measurements; Limit of detection; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR RECEPTOR;

CALIBRATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DILUTION; ENZYME ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LABORATORY TEST; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MEASUREMENT; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SHORT SURVEY; SPECTROMETRY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 53549124684     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2008.00969.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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