Analytical methodologies with very low blank levels: Implications for practical and empirical evaluations of the limit of detection

Analytical Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1229-1241

  Brown, Richard J C ^a   Yardley, Rachel E ^a   Brown, Andrew S ^a   Edwards, Peter R ^a,c   Rivier, Cédric ^b   Yardin, Catherine ^b  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b LABORATOIRE NATIONAL DE MÉTROLOGIE ET D ESSAIS LNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Horwitz relationship; Limit of detection; Low blank levels; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646343025     PISSN: 00032719     EISSN: 1532236X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00032710600622563     Document Type: Article

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