A checklist for critical appraisal of studies of biological variation

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 879-885

  Bartlett, William A ^a,b   Braga, Federica ^a,c   Carobene, Anna ^a,d   Coşkun, Abdurrahman ^a,e   Prusa, Richard ^a,f   Fernandez Calle, Pilar ^g,h   Røraas, Thomas ⁱ   Jonker, Neils ^a,j   Sandberg, Sverre ^k,l,m  

^a European Federation of Clinical Chemistry Laboratory Medicine Biological Variation Working Group   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e ACIBADEM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MOTOL   (Czech Republic)

^g HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^h Quality Analytical Commission of Spanish Society of Clinical Chemistry (SEQC)   (Spain)

ⁱ Haraldsplass Hospital   (Norway)

^j Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis   (Netherlands)

^k Haraldsplass Deaconess Hospital   (Norway)

^l UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^m HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

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Author keywords

biological variation; checklist; critical appraisal; reference values

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL VARIATION CRITICAL APPRAISAL CHECKLIST; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SAMPLE SIZE; STUDY DESIGN; BIOASSAY; FACTUAL DATABASE; OBSERVER VARIATION; STANDARDS;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CHECKLIST; DATABASES, FACTUAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 84929080089     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2014-1127     Document Type: Conference Paper

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