The implementation of accreditation in a chemical laboratory

TrAC - Trends in Analytical Chemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 9-10, 1999, Pages 638-643

  Cortez, L ^a  

^a Inst Portugues da Qualidade   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Accreditation; Chemical laboratory; Proficiency testing; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; LABORATORY; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0032822992     PISSN: 01659936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-9936(99)00164-8     Document Type: Article

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