External quality assurance target setting with NIST SRM 968d material: Performance in the 2010 Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia Quality Assurance Program with retinol, α-tocopherol and β-carotene

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 480-482

  Greaves, Ronda F ^a,b,c   Hoad, Kirsten E ^a,d   Woollard, Gerald A ^a,e   Walmsley, Trevor A ^a,f   Briscoe, Scott ^a,g   Johnson, Lambro A ^a,g   Carter, Wendy D ^a,h   Gill, Jan P ^a,h  

^a Australasian Association of Clinical Biochemists Vitamins Working Party   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^f CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

^g Pathology Queensland ^*  (Australia)

^h RCPA Chemical Pathology QAP   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BETA CAROTENE; RETINOL;

CLINICAL LABORATORY; FLUOROMETRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; CALIBRATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; PATHOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARD;

ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; AUSTRALASIA; BENCHMARKING; BETA CAROTENE; CALIBRATION; CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES, ANALYTICAL; HUMANS; PATHOLOGY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REFERENCE VALUES; VITAMIN A;

EID: 84855163304     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 17581001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/acb.2011.011054     Document Type: Letter

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