Twenty years of the Me.Tos. Project: An Italian national external quality assessment scheme for trace elements in biological fluids

Microchemical Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 337-340

  Patriarca, Marina ^a   Chiodo, Ferdinando ^a   Castelli, Marco ^a   Corsetti, Federica ^a   Menditto, Antonio ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Interlaboratory comparison; Laboratory performance; Quality specification; Reference material

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT;

BODY FLUID; CONFERENCE PAPER; EDUCATION; ITALY; LABORATORY; LABORATORY TEST; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; PERFORMANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 12344314371     PISSN: 0026265X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2004.06.007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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