Comparative study of the main top-down approaches for the estimation of measurement uncertainty in multiresidue analysis of pesticides in fruits and vegetables

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 59, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 7609-7619

  Medina Pastor, Paula ^a   Valverde, Antonio ^a   Pihlström, Tuija ^b   Masselter, Sonja ^c   Gamon, Miguel ^a   Mezcua, Milagros ^a   Rodríguez Torreblanca, Carmelo ^a   Fernández Alba, Amadeo R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL FOOD ADMINISTRATION   (Sweden)

^c AGES Competence Center for Residues of Plant Protection Products   (Austria)

Author keywords

harmonization; multiresidue method; pesticide residue; top down approach; Uncertainty estimation

Indexed keywords

HARMONIZATION; MULTIRESIDUE METHOD; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; TOP-DOWN APPROACH; UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATION;

FRUITS; LABORATORIES; PESTICIDES; QUALITY CONTROL; VEGETABLES;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

PESTICIDE RESIDUE;

CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRUIT; VEGETABLE;

FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRUIT; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; VEGETABLES;

EID: 79960584349     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf104060h     Document Type: Conference Paper

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