Accreditation and the Need for Certified Reference Materials

Mikrochimica Acta

Volumn 123, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 151-161

  Cofino, Wim P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accreditation; Certified reference materials; Comparability; Traceability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002394474     PISSN: 00263672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01244389     Document Type: Article

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