Estimating Intra-and Inter-Assay Variability in Salivary Cortisol

Biological Research for Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 243-250

  Hanneman, Sandra K ^a   Cox, Caroline D ^a   Green, Kortney E ^a   Kang, Duck Hee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

coefficient of variation; cortisol; enzyme immunoassay; precision; saliva

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SALIVA; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SALIVA; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 79959547920     PISSN: 10998004     EISSN: 15524175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1099800411404061     Document Type: Article

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