An alternative minimum level definition for analytical quantification

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2071-2077

  Gibbons, Robert D ^a   Coleman, David E ^c   Maddalone, Raymond F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM LEVEL (AML);

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

CADMIUM; REAGENT; WATER;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; CALIBRATION; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 0031194101     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es960899d     Document Type: Article

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