Certified reference materials as a quality tool in food control: Much used - Often misused - Sometimes abused

Accreditation and Quality Assurance

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 305-310

  Jorhem, Lars ^a  

^a NATIONAL FOOD ADMINISTRATION   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Analytical quality control; Certified reference materials; CRM; Food control

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; STANDARD;

EID: 2442618967     PISSN: 09491775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00769-003-0744-3     Document Type: Article

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