Estimation of measurement uncertainty in food microbiology: The ISO approach

Accreditation and Quality Assurance

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 94-100

  Lombard, Bertrand ^a  

^a Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

Author keywords

Food; ISO; Measurement uncertainty; Microbiology

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645818981     PISSN: 09491775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00769-005-0085-5     Document Type: Article

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