Update on current concepts and meanings in laboratory medicine - Standardization, traceability and harmonization

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 432, Issue , 2014, Pages 49-54

  Greenberg, Neil ^a  

^a Neil Greenberg Consulting Services LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Harmonization; Metrology; SI; Standardization; Traceability

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL LABORATORY; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HARMONIZATION; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY MEDICINE; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDIZATION; TRACEABILITY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; STANDARD; STANDARDS;

CALIBRATION; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84901591111     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: 18733492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2013.12.045     Document Type: Article

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