Validating common reference intervals in routine laboratories

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 432, Issue , 2014, Pages 119-121

  Jones, Graham Ross Dallas ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assay quality standards; Common reference intervals; Population result variation

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; DATA MINING; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARD; VALIDATION PROCESS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; NORMAL HUMAN; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS;

CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84901603058     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: 18733492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2013.10.005     Document Type: Article

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