Clinical sample stability and measurement uncertainty

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Fuentes Arderiu, Xavier ^a  

^a Clinical Laboratory Sciences Consulting   (Spain)

Author keywords

Measurement uncertainty; Metrology; Sample stability

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD GAS; CENTRIFUGATION; CLINICAL LABORATORY; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; STORAGE; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; TIME; UNCERTAINTY;

CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; HUMANS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84896115593     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2013-0721     Document Type: Letter

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