Biological variation of laboratory analytes based on the 1999-2002 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

National Health Statistics Reports

Volumn , Issue 21, 2010, Pages

  Lacher, David A ^a   Hughes, Jeffery P ^a   Carroll, Margaret D ^a  

^a Division of Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys   (United States)

Author keywords

Between person differences; Laboratory tests; Survey; Within person differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; NUTRITION; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84872809156     PISSN: 21648344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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