Quality specifications for the determination of copper, zinc, and selenium in human serum or plasma: Evaluation of an approach based on biological and analytical variation

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1892-1899

  Arnaud, Josiane ^a   Weber, Jean Philippe ^b   Weykamp, Cas W ^c   Parsons, Patrick J ^d   Angerer, Jurgen ^e   Mairiaux, Eric ^f   Mazarrasa, Olav ^g   Valkonen, Sinikka ^h   Menditto, Antonio ⁱ   Patriarca, Marina ⁱ   Taylor, Andrew ^j  

^a GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^c Queen Beatrix Hospital   (Netherlands)

^d WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^f SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^g Higiene Industrial   (Spain)

^h FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

ⁱ ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DATA BASE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; STANDARD;

COPPER; HUMANS; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELENIUM; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; ZINC;

EID: 55349086081     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2008.108142     Document Type: Article

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