Results of a proficiency test for multi-mycotoxin determination in maize by using methods based on LC-MS/(MS)

Quality Assurance and Safety of Crops and Foods

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 15-48

  Solfrizzo, M ^a   De Girolamo, A ^a   Lattanzio, V M T ^a   Visconti, A ^a   Stroka, J ^b   Alldrick, A ^c   van Egmond, H P ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES OF FOOD PRODUCTION   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

^c CAMPDEN BRI   (United Kingdom)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Maize; Test material; Validation; Z score

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXINS; LABORATORIES; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; TESTING; TOXICITY;

DEOXYNIVALENOL; FUMONISIN; LC-MS-MS; MAIZE; OCHRATOXIN A; PROFICIENCY TESTS; SIMULTANEOUS DETERMINATIONS; TEST MATERIALS; VALIDATION; Z-SCORES; AFLATOXIN B 1;

MYCOTOXINS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84877838298     PISSN: 17578361     EISSN: 1757837X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3920/QAS2012.0140     Document Type: Article

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