The Guildford trace elements external quality assessment scheme

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 253-259

  Taylor, Andrew ^a   Briggs, Raymond J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological fluids; External quality assessment; Great Britain; Performance standards; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT; WATER;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DIALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; LABORATORY; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; URINE;

DIALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LABORATORIES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY CONTROL; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER;

EID: 0029681381     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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