Evaluation of the long-term performance of water-analyzing laboratories

Accreditation and Quality Assurance

Volumn 9, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 82-89

  Kandler, Wolfgang ^a   Schuhmacher, Rainer ^a   Roch, Susanne ^a   Schubert Ullrich, Patricia ^a   Krska, Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Interlaboratory comparisons; Proficiency testing; PT scheme; Water analysis; Z scores

Indexed keywords

HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON; HERBICIDE; ION; METAL; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; TRACE ELEMENT;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; LABORATORY; ORGANIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 0842263530     PISSN: 09491775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00769-003-0696-7     Document Type: Article

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