Guidelines for the validation of qualitative multi-residue methods used to detect pesticides in food

Drug Testing and Analysis

Volumn 4, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages 10-16

  Mol, H G J ^a   Reynolds, S L ^b   Fussell, R J ^b   Stajnbaher D ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c Public Health Institute   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Food; Method validation; Multi residue methods; Pesticides; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

'CURRENT; FITNESS FOR PURPOSE; GASCHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY - MASS SPECTROMETRIES; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; METHOD VALIDATIONS; MULTIRESIDUE METHOD; PERFORMANCE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; QUALITATIVE;

PESTICIDES;

PESTICIDE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FOOD; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MULTI RESIDUE METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; ULTRA PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 84864409339     PISSN: 19427603     EISSN: 19427611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dta.1364     Document Type: Article

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