Measurement uncertainty associated with sample processing of oranges and tomatoes for pesticide residue analysis

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1062-1070

  Fussell, Richard J ^a   Hetmanski, Michael T ^a   Macarthur, Roy ^a   Findlay, Dawn ^a   Smith, Franke ^a   Ambrus, Árpad ^b   Brodesser, Peter Josef ^b  

^a CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Homogeneity; Oranges; Pesticide stability; Sample processing; Tomatoes; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

PESTICIDE RESIDUE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG STABILITY; FOOD HANDLING; FREEZING; FRUIT; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWEET ORANGE; TOMATO;

CITRUS SINENSIS; DRUG STABILITY; FOOD HANDLING; FREEZING; FRUIT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34249851036     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf0623743     Document Type: Article

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