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Research Article

Terminological problems around "accuracy" and "uncertainty"

R. Dybkaer Copenhagen Hospital Corporation, Department of Standardization in Laboratory Medicine, H:S Kommunehospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark I0
Pages 35-46 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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