Proficiency tests for contaminants in food and herbal medicine in the Asia Pacific region

TrAC - Trends in Analytical Chemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 562-576

  Chan, Kimmy M ^a   Cheung, Samuel T C ^a   Wong, Yee Lok ^a   Cheng, Amos L S ^a   Mok, Chuen shing ^a   Wong, Yiu chung ^a   Wong, Wang wah ^b   Tholen, Dan W ^c  

^a Government Laboratory   (Hong Kong)

^b Innovation and Technology Commission   (Hong Kong)

^c Statistical Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Asia Pacific; Contaminant; Food; Herbal medicine; Laboratory performance; Organochlorine pesticide; Performance assessment; Proficiency test; Trace element; Veterinary drug

Indexed keywords

HERBAL MEDICINES; LABORATORY PERFORMANCE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PROFICIENCY TESTS; VETERINARY DRUGS;

ACCREDITATION; AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; IMPURITIES; LABORATORIES; MEDICINE; PESTICIDES; TRACE ELEMENTS;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

CADMIUM; GINSENG EXTRACT; HEAVY METAL; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LEAD; MALACHITE GREEN; PESTICIDE; QUINTOZENE; TRACE ELEMENT; VETERINARY DRUG;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DRUG CONTAMINATION; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HERBAL MEDICINE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 77953081319     PISSN: 01659936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2010.02.014     Document Type: Review

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