A proposal for harmonising laboratory performance assessment criteria in national asbestos fibre counting schemes

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 447-455

  Arroyo, M C ^a   Rojo, J M ^a  

^a Instituto Nacional de Seguridad e Higiene en el Trabajo   (Spain)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Fibres; Harmonisation; Proficiency testing scheme; Quality control

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS FIBER;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICS;

EID: 0034879967     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4878(00)00087-9     Document Type: Article

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