*European Commission, Joint Research Centre Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Land Management and Natural Hazard Rural, Water and Ecosystem Resources Via E. Fermi, 1 I-21020 Ispra ( VA ) Italy Tel.: +39 0332 789771; Fax: +39 0332 785601; E-mail: [email protected] **Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Istituto di Chimica Agraria ed Ambientale Via Emilia Parmense, 84 I-29100 Piac...

#These authors equally contributed to this work and share first authorship This study was supported by grants from Consorzio Studi Universitari, Verona, Italy, Fondazione Cariverona (Bando 2003), AIRC (Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro), Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo, Torino, Italy, MIUR (Ministero dell’Istruzione Università e Ricerca), grant N° 40F.37 “Programma nazionale di ...

1Department of Physiology, University of Tübingen, Gmelinstraβe 5, 72076 Tübingen, Germany 2 Institute for Molecular Cell Biology, School of Medicine, Saarland University, 66421 Homburg/Saar, Germany 3 Section of Cell Degeneration and Gender Medicine, Department of Therapeutic Research and Medicines Evaluation, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy 4 Institute ...

1Department of Preventive and Predictive Medicine, Unit of Analytical Epidemiology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy; 2Department of Cancer Epidemiology, National Centre for Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy; 3Amsterdam Cancer Registry, Amsterdam; The Netherlands; 4Girona Cancer Registry, Girona, Spain; 5Côte D...

Cite this article: von Hunolstein C, Ralli L, Pinto A, Stickings P, Efstratiou A, et al. (2014) Relevance and Criticality in an External Quality Assessment for the Determination of Diphtheria Antitoxin. J Immunol Clin Res 2(2): 1022. *Corresponding author Christina von Hunolstein, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, viale Regina Elena, 00161 Rome, Italy, Tel: +3906-4990-2036; Fax: +39-06-387115; Email:

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