Reference change values

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 807-812

  Fraser, Callum G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological variation; Imprecision; Probability; Reference change values

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CALCULATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; HUMAN; LABORATORY INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE CHANGE VALUE; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; SEMANTICS; STANDARDIZATION;

CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 84867764499     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2011.733     Document Type: Review

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