Reference values: A review

Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 288-298

  Geffré, Anne ^a   Friedrichs, Kristen ^b   Harr, Kendal ^c   Concordet, Didie ^d   Trumel, Catherine ^a   Braun, Jean Pierre ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c IDEXX LABORATORIES   (Canada)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Healthy population; Nonparametric; Normality; Reference individual; Reference interval; Selection criteria

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 70350707772     PISSN: 02756382     EISSN: 1939165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-165X.2009.00179.x     Document Type: Review

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