Sample collections from healthy volunteers for biological variation estimates' update: A new project undertaken by the Working Group on Biological Variation established by the European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1599-1608

  Carobene, Anna ^a,b   Strollo, Marta ^a   Jonker, Niels ^b,c   Barla, Gerhard ^c   Bartlett, William A ^b,d   Sandberg, Sverre ^b,e,f   Sylte, Marit Sverresdotter ^e   Røraas, Thomas ^f   Sølvik, Una Ørvim ^g   Fernandez Calle, Pilar ^b,h   Díaz Garzón, Jorge ^h   Tosato, Francesca ⁱ   Plebani, Mario ⁱ   Coşkun, Abdurrahman ^b,j   Serteser, Mustafa ^j   Unsal, Ibrahim ^j   Ceriotti, Ferruccio ^c  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine   (Italy)

^c Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^e HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^f Haraldsplass Hospital   (Norway)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^h HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^j ACIBADEM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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Author keywords

Biobank; Biological variation; Preanalytical phase

Indexed keywords

EDETIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOBANK; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; EUROPEAN UNION; LABORATORY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STANDARDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; CHEMISTRY, CLINICAL; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; MALE; MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE; MIDDLE AGED; SPECIMEN HANDLING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84987761305     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2016-0035     Document Type: Article

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