Occupational and environmental laboratory medicine: A network of EQAS organisers

Accreditation and Quality Assurance

Volumn 11, Issue 8-9, 2006, Pages 435-439

  Taylor, Andrew ^a   Angerer, Jurgen ^b   Arnaud, Josiane ^c   Claeys, Françoise ^d   Jones, Robert L ^e   Mazarrasa, Olav ^f   Mairiaux, Eric ^d   Menditto, Antonio ^g   Parsons, Patrick J ^h   Patriarca, Marina ^g   Pineau, Alain ⁱ   Valkonen, Sinikka ^j   Weber, Jean Philippe ^k   Weykamp, Cas ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^f Centro de Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo   (Spain)

^g ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^h WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^j FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^k INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^l Queen Beatrix Hospital   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Equivalence of assessment; Occupational and environmental laboratory medicine; Traceability; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747096937     PISSN: 09491775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00769-006-0108-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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