Pitfalls in terminology and use of reference materials

TrAC - Trends in Analytical Chemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 9-10, 1999, Pages 594-616

  Walker, Ron ^a   Lumley, Ian ^a  

^a LGC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Certified reference materials; Reference materials

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; LABORATORY; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE;

EID: 0032820285     PISSN: 01659936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-9936(99)00158-2     Document Type: Article

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