Lot Quality Assurance Sampling (LQAS), an Efficient and Rapid Assessment Technique in Quality Assurance and Public Health Studies

Hosein Azizi^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Research Center of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
² Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Editorial

Hosein Azizi. J Prev Med Hyg. 2022.

. 2022 Jan 31;62(4):E793-E794.

doi: 10.15167/2421-4248/jpmh2021.62.4.1578. eCollection 2021 Dec.

Hosein Azizi^{1

2}

¹ Research Center of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
² Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

No abstract available

Keywords: Bias; Decision value; Lot Quality Assurance Sampling; Public health; Quality assurance.

Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest The author declares that there is no conflict of interests.

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