An Overview on Steps of Pesticide Residue Analysis and Contribution of the Individual Steps to the Measurement Uncertainty

Food Analytical Methods

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1469-1480

  Omeroglu, Perihan Yolci ^a   Boyacioglu, Dilek ^b   Ambrus, Árpad ^c   Karaali, Artemis ^d   Saner, Samim ^e  

^a OKAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c CENTRAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

^d YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e Kalite Sistem Laboratories Group   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Pesticide; Pesticide residue analysis; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL DATA; ANALYTICAL PROCEDURE; ANALYTICAL RESULTS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC DETERMINATION; COMBINED UNCERTAINTY; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD COMMODITY; INTERNAL QUALITY; INTERNATIONAL FOOD TRADE; LABORATORY OPERATIONS; MAXIMUM RESIDUE LIMITS; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY; MINIMUM COST; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE ANALYSIS; QUALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEMS; SAMPLE PREPARATION; SAMPLE PROCESSING; SAMPLE SIZES; TESTING LABORATORIES; UNCERTAINTY; VALIDATED METHODS;

INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LABORATORIES; PESTICIDES; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; SAMPLING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

EID: 84867669466     PISSN: 19369751     EISSN: 1936976X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12161-012-9396-4     Document Type: Review

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