Traceability in laboratory medicine

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1067-1075

  Vesper, Hubert W ^a,d   Thienpont, Linda M ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c PAVILLON DE BRETEUIL   (France)

^d MS F25 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL LABORATORY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MEASUREMENT; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; STANDARD; TRACEABILITY;

LABORATORIES; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 66549112943     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2008.107052     Document Type: Review

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