Meeting future needs for metrological traceability - A physicist's view

Accreditation and Quality Assurance

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 133-139

  Pendrill, L R ^a  

^a SP TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chemistry; Comparability; Measurement; Physics; Traceability

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MEASUREMENT; PHYSICS; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW;

EID: 17844373298     PISSN: 09491775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00769-004-0894-y     Document Type: Review

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