The use of reference materials in quality assurance programmes in food microbiology laboratories

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 35-41

  In'T Veld, P H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Control charts; Food microbiology; Reference materials

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FOOD CONTROL; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARDIZATION;

FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; LABORATORIES; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0032564488     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(98)00145-7     Document Type: Article

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