Bias from two analytical laboratories involved in a long-term air monitoring program measuring organic pollutants in the Arctic: A quality assurance/quality control assessment

Journal of Environmental Monitoring

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3111-3118

  Su, Yushan ^a   Hung, Hayley ^b   Stern, Gary ^c   Sverko, Ed ^b   Lao, Randy ^b   Barresi, Enzo ^b   Rosenberg, Bruno ^c   Fellin, Phil ^d   Li, Henrik ^d   Xiao, Hang ^b  

^a ECO Environmental Chemists   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d AIRZONE ONE LTD   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ACCURACY; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; AIR SAMPLING; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LABORATORY; MEASUREMENT; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ARCTIC REGIONS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; LABORATORIES; LABORATORY PROFICIENCY TESTING; LINEAR MODELS; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC;

EID: 82955219493     PISSN: 14640325     EISSN: 14640333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c1em10513b     Document Type: Article

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