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Setting quality specifications for the future with newer approaches to defining uncertainty in laboratory medicine

R. Dybkaer Department of Standardization in Laboratory Medicine, Copenhagen Hospital Corporation, H:S Kommunehospitalet, Oester Farimagsgade 5, DK-1399 Denmark
Pages 579-583 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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