Comparison of three commercial calibrators for alpha-tocopherol using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 1884-1888

  Albahrani, Ali A ^a,b   Rotarou, Victor ^a,c   Roche, Peter J ^a   Greaves, Ronda F ^a,d,e  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Security Forces Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e Lab Tests Online Australasian Association of Clinical Biochemists   (Australia)

Author keywords

Certified reference material; Standardization; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ISOTOPE DILUTION ASSAY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

CERTIFIED REFERENCE MATERIAL; STANDARDIZATION; VITAMIN E;

ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; CALIBRATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HUMANS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84889650827     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: 18732933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2013.08.008     Document Type: Article

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