The determinacy of reproducibility assessments of qualitative microbial food borne pathogen methods detecting a few microbes per analytical portion

Food Microbiology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1140-1144

  Hitchins, A D ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Pathogens; Qualitative detection methods; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD;

FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 79957936975     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: 10959998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2011.03.005     Document Type: Article

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