Total error and uncertainty: Friends or foes?

TrAC - Trends in Analytical Chemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 797-806

  Rozet, E ^a   Marini, R D ^a   Ziemons, E ^a   Hubert, Ph ^a   Dewe W ^b   Rudaz, S ^c   Boulanger, B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d Arlenda sa   (Belgium)

Author keywords

ISO 15189; ISO 17025; Measurement uncertainty; Quality assurance; Quality of results; Random error; Systematic error; Total error; Uncertainty; Validation

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RANDOM ERRORS; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

ISO 15189; ISO 17025; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY; QUALITY OF RESULTS; TOTAL ERRORS; UNCERTAINTY; VALIDATION;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ANALYTIC METHOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; LABORATORY; MEASUREMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; TOTAL ERROR; UNCERTAINTY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 79955080718     PISSN: 01659936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2010.12.009     Document Type: Review

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