Requirements vs acceptability in proficiency testing schemes and other interlaboratory comparisons

Accreditation and Quality Assurance

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 244-251

  Boley, Nick P ^a   De Bièvre, Paul ^b   Taylor, Philip D P ^b   Uldall, Adam ^c  

^a LGC   (United Kingdom)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

External quality assurance; Interlaboratory comparisons; Proficiency testing; Target values for uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035354441     PISSN: 09491775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007690100331     Document Type: Review

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