Measurement uncertainty in testing for antimicrobial activity on textile materials

Accreditation and Quality Assurance

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 563-566

  Torlak, Emrah ^a  

^a Microbiology Laboratory   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Measurement uncertainty; Textile microbiology

Indexed keywords

EID: 53549086669     PISSN: 09491775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00769-008-0433-3     Document Type: Article

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