Uncertainty of measurement: A review of the rules for calculating Uncertainty components through functional relationships

Clinical Biochemist Reviews

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 49-75

  Farrance, Ian ^a   Frenkel, Robert ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL MEASUREMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

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EID: 84872399482     PISSN: 01598090     EISSN: 18380212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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