Requirements for production and use of Certified Reference Materials for speciation analysis: A European Commission perspective

Spectrochimica acta, Part B: Atomic spectroscopy

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1261-1279

  Quevauviller, Philippe ^a  

^a EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CHROMIUM; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LEAD COMPOUNDS; MARINE BIOLOGY; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; RAIN; SEDIMENTS; SELENIUM; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; WELDING;

ENVIRONMENTAL MATRICES; METHYLMERCURY; ORGANOTINS; SPECIATION ANALYSIS; TRIMETHYLLEAD;

TRACE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032138859     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0584-8547(98)00138-4     Document Type: Review

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