Reference Value Advisor: A new freeware set of macroinstructions to calculate reference intervals with Microsoft Excel

Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 107-112

  Geffré, Anne ^a   Concordet, Didier ^b   Braun, Jean Pierre ^a,b   Trumel, Catherine ^a  

^a Department of Clinical Sciences ^*  (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Box Cox; Confidence intervals; Gaussian; Q Q plot; Reference values; Robust method

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; METHODOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARD; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; PATHOLOGY, VETERINARY; REFERENCE VALUES; SOFTWARE;

EID: 79952219326     PISSN: 02756382     EISSN: 1939165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-165X.2011.00287.x     Document Type: Article

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