Current practices and challenges in the standardization and harmonization of clinical laboratory tests1-3

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 104, Issue , 2016, Pages 907S-912S

  Vesper, Hubert W ^a   Myers, Gary L ^b   Greg Miller, W ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b American Association for Clinical Chemistry ^*  (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical laboratory tests; harmonization; iodine status; standardization; thyroid function tests

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; IODINE;

CALIBRATION; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CLINICAL LABORATORY STANDARD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONFERENCE PAPER; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERNATIONAL STANDARD UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; PATIENT CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZATION; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; BLOOD; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LABORATORY; LABORATORY TECHNIQUE; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARD; STANDARDS; THYROID GLAND;

CALIBRATION; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; IODINE; LABORATORIES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REFERENCE VALUES; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 85021850513     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.115.110387     Document Type: Conference Paper

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