Reliability of measurement results in food microbiology: The contribution of reference laboratories in the European Union and of international/European standardization

Accreditation and Quality Assurance

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 223-229

  Lombard, Bertrand ^a  

^a French Agency for Food   (France)

Author keywords

CEN; Food microbiology; ISO; Measurement reliability; Measurement uncertainty; Method validation; Reference laboratories

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858796289     PISSN: 09491775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00769-012-0879-1     Document Type: Article

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