An overview of the UK National Marine Analytical Quality Control (NMAQC) Scheme and its links with QUASIMEME

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 35, Issue 1-6, 1997, Pages 125-132

  Gardner, Mike J ^a,b,c   Dobson, Judy E ^a,b,c   Griffiths, Andy H ^a,b,c   Jessep, Mike A ^a,b,c   Ravenscroft, Jim E ^a,b,c  

^a WRC PLC   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; CHEMICAL DATA; DATA QUALITY;

ACCURACY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LABORATORY; QUALITY CONTROL; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 0031448164     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(97)80878-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (9)

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3. Cheeseman, R. V., Gardner, M. J. and Wilson, A. L. (1989) A manual on analytical quality control for the water industry. WRc report NS30. ISBN 0902156853.
4. Cook, J. M., Gardner, M. J., Griffiths, A. H., Jessep, M. A., Ravenscroft, J. E. and Yates, R. (1996) The comparability of sample digestion techniques for the determination of metals in sediments. Marine Pollution Bulletin (submitted).
5. European Standard EN45001. General Criteria for the Operation of Testing Laboratories.
6. ICES (1996) Report of the ICES Advisory Committee on the Marine Environment, 1996. ICES Cooperative Research Report, No. 217, pp. 159.
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