Laboratory assessment by combined z score values in proficiency tests: Experience gained through the European Union proficiency tests for pesticide residues in fruits and vegetables

Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry

Volumn 397, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 3061-3070

  Medina Pastor, P ^a   Mezcua, M ^a   Rodriguez Torreblanca C ^a   Fernandez Alba A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Combined z score; Fruit and vegetables; Multiresidue method; Performance; Pesticide; Proficiency test; Weighted; Z score

Indexed keywords

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES; MULTIRESIDUE METHOD; PERFORMANCE; PROFICIENCY TESTS; WEIGHTED; Z-SCORES;

FRUITS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PESTICIDES; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; TESTING; VEGETABLES;

LABORATORIES;

PESTICIDE RESIDUE;

CHEMISTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN UNION; EVALUATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRUIT; STANDARD; VEGETABLE; ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EVALUATION STUDY; STANDARDS;

EUROPEAN UNION; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRUIT; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; VEGETABLES; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES;

EID: 77955985020     PISSN: 16182642     EISSN: 16182650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00216-010-3877-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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