Clinical Chemistry and the Quest for Quality

Analytical Techniques for Clinical Chemistry: Methods and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 29-58

  Caroli, Sergio ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clinical chemistry and quest for quality; Fit for purpose quality systems; GCP compliance, public acknowledgment of ethicalness in commerce; ISO IEC 17025 Standard and of the GLP principles; OECD series of guidance documents on GLP and compliance monitoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886184448     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118271858.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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