Assessing laboratory performance in intercomparisons for inorganic analysis

TrAC - Trends in Analytical Chemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1276-1294

  Yip, Yiu chung ^a   Tong, Wai fong ^a  

^a Homantin Government Offices   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

En number; International key comparison; Measurement evaluation program; Measurement uncertainty; Multimodality; Proficiency testing scheme; Reference value; SI traceable; Z score; Zeta score

Indexed keywords

KEY COMPARISON; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY; MULTI-MODALITY; PROFICIENCY TESTING SCHEMES; REFERENCE VALUES; Z-SCORES;

LABORATORIES; MEASUREMENTS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ALLOY; FUEL; INORGANIC COMPOUND; ISOTOPE; METAL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PESTICIDE; PLASTIC; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ACCURACY; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; BODY FLUID; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FOOD ANALYSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; SEDIMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; STANDARD; TEXTILE; WATER ANALYSIS; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 72149114866     PISSN: 01659936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2009.08.004     Document Type: Review

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