Allergen determination in food: Reference materials and traceability of results

Accreditation and Quality Assurance

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 449-452

  Lacorn, Markus ^a   Immer, Ulrike ^a  

^a R Biopharm AG Rhome Ltd Scotland   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergens; ELISA; Reference materials; Standardization; Traceability

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961014412     PISSN: 09491775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00769-011-0786-x     Document Type: Article

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