Proficiency testing for soil and plant analysis in Australasia

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 33, Issue 15-18, 2002, Pages 2441-2455

  Rayment, George E ^a   Peverill, Ken I ^b  

^a Department of Natural Resources and Mines ^*  (Australia)

^b KIP Consultancy Services Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

LABORATORY METHOD;

AUSTRALIA; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EVALUATION; LABORATORY TEST; QUALITY CONTROL; SOIL ANALYSIS; STANDARD;

EID: 0036423469     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CSS-120014459     Document Type: Article

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