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Discover LudwigThe phrase "crude indirect" is not a standard expression in written English and may cause confusion.
It could be used in contexts where you want to describe something that is both rough or unrefined and not straightforward in its approach or meaning. Example: "His comments were a crude indirect way of expressing his dissatisfaction with the project."
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Importantly, visceral fat depots in young children are very small, and we caution against any interpretation of a visceral fat difference based on crude indirect measures (i.e., total fat by DEXA minus subcutaneous fat).
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Longevity is admittedly a crude and indirect indicator of population health.
Yet an American's life expectancy at birth is 77.2 years compared with 78.5 for a Brit.Life expectancy, though, is a crude and indirect measure of health.
Documentation was limited for many years because holo-TC II concentrations are very small and early methods were crude and often indirect (69).
It should be borne in mind that the measurement of ELISA binding titres using a crude extract is an indirect measure of functional Ab.
dIncluded screening methods using different crude antigen preparations in indirect hemagglutination or enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA).
Although there is evidence to suggest that depressive symptoms are a consequence of chronic psychosocial stress, they are only an indirect and crude proxy for stress (Aneshensel et al. 1991; Mirowsky and Ross 2003).
Most techniques detect IgG, IgM or IgE against soluble worm antigen or crude egg antigen by ELISA, indirect hemagglutination or immunofluorescence [ 1, 2].
Serologic test results for echinococcosis, which used crude and recombinant antigen ELISAs, and indirect hemagglutination test results were negative (11 ).
Taken the direct and indirect antiangiogenic investigations on crude ethanol extracts of four Salvia species, S. triloba can be nominated as a potent antiangiogenic plant that may have chemotherapeutic and/or chemoprevention potentials.
Rather than try to influence the price of crude oil directly, Standard Oil had been exercising indirect control by altering oil storage charges to suit market conditions.
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