Protocol and standard operating procedures for common use in a worldwide multicenter study on reference values

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1027-1040

  Ozarda, Yesim ^b   Ichihara, Kiyoshi ^a   Barth, Julian H ^c   Klee, George ^d  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross check study; Harmonization; Multicenter study; Panel of sera; Reference interval; Standardization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD STORAGE; ETHNICITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; SAMPLE SIZE;

BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 84882276801     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2013-0249     Document Type: Article

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