Normality assessment, few paradigms and use cases
By: Călin Avram and Marius Mărușteri
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rrlm-2022-0030 | Journal eISSN: 2284-5623 | Journal ISSN: 1841-6624 (formerly 2284-5623)
Language: English
Page range: 251 - 260
Submitted on: May 26, 2022
Accepted on: Jun 16, 2022
Published online: Jul 18, 2022
Published in print: Jul 1, 2022
Published by: Romanian Association of Laboratory Medicine
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