Current geoscience laboratories geoanalytical programs and their quality assurance underpinnings

Geostandards Newsletter

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 141-156

  Richardson, Jean M ^a,b   Lightfoot, Peter C ^a   De Souza, Hugh ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT OF ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b XRAL Assay Laboratories   (Canada)

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EID: 27844497385     PISSN: 01505505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-908X.1996.tb00178.x     Document Type: Article

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