Evaluating the performance of gluten ELISA test kits: The numbers do not tell the tale

Cereal Chemistry

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 513-521

  Bruins Slot, Ilona D ^a   Bremer, Maria G E G ^a   Van Der Fels Klerx, Ine ^a   Hamer, Rob J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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'CURRENT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY METHODS; EXTRACTION METHOD; FOOD MATRIXES; I METHODS; MATRIX; NEW FORMATS; PERFORMANCE; TEST KITS;

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EID: 84942587309     PISSN: 00090352     EISSN: 19433638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/CCHEM-07-14-0166-R     Document Type: Article

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