Role of laboratory sampling devices and laboratory subsampling methods in representative sampling strategies

Environmental Forensics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-44

  Nocerino, John M ^a   Schumacher, Brian A ^a   Dary, Curtis C ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Correct sampling; Gy; Heterogeneity; Laboratory subsampling; Representative; Sample; Sampling error

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744477177     PISSN: 15275922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15275920590913903     Document Type: Article

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