Assessing the impact of the frequency of quality control testing on the quality of reported patient results

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2049-2054

  Parvin, Curtis A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; PROBABILITY; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROBABILITY; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 57149117363     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2008.113639     Document Type: Article

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