Establishing reference intervals for clinical laboratory test results: Is there a better way?

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 180-186

  Katayev, Alex ^a   Balciza, Claudiu ^b   Seccombe, David W ^c  

^a LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA   (United States)

^b Canadian External Quality Assessment Laboratory   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Estimation; Interpretation; Interval; Laboratory; Reference; Result; Test

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; UNITED STATES; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 77449130585     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCPN5BMTSF1CDYP     Document Type: Article

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