Some practical examples of method validation in the analytical laboratory

TrAC - Trends in Analytical Chemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 9-10, 1999, Pages 584-593

  Van Zoonen, Piet ^a   Hoogerbrugge, Ronald ^a   Gort, Steven M ^a   Van De Wiel, Henk J ^a   Van't Klooster, Henk A ^a  

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

Author keywords

Calibration; Collaborative trial; Method validation; Quality control

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; LABORATORY; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0032840737     PISSN: 01659936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-9936(99)00159-4     Document Type: Article

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