A proposal to demonstrate a harmonized quality approach to analytical data production by EuroFIR

Journal of Food Composition and Analysis

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 725-732

  Castanheira, I ^a   Robb, P ^b   Owen, L ^b   den Boer, H ^c   Schmit, J ^c   Ent, H ^c   Calhau, M A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

^b CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c NMi Van Swinden Laboratorium   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Data quality; EuroFIR; Food composition data; Food composition databases; Food composition table; Harmonisation; Measurement uncertainty; Quality assurance programme; Quality control

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547838321     PISSN: 08891575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfca.2006.06.003     Document Type: Article

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