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Fit for Purpose — A Customers View

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Quality Assurance in Analytical Chemistry

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Fitness for purpose is the ultimate goal of the person doing the job in the laboratory and of the choice of method and instrumentation used to carry an analysis.

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  1. Bernd Wenclawiak
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  1. Fachbereich Analytische Chemie I, Universität Siegen, Adolf-Reichwein-Str. 2, 57068, Siegen, Germany

    Bernd W. Wenclawiak , Michael Koch  & Evsovios Hadjicostas ,  & 

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Wenclawiak, B. (2004). Fit for Purpose — A Customers View. In: Wenclawiak, B.W., Koch, M., Hadjicostas, E. (eds) Quality Assurance in Analytical Chemistry. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-09621-5_2

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