Detection limits cause problems for analytical chemists because they are difficult to interpret and because the arbitrary dichotomising of the concentration domain provides a misleading viewpoint of the behaviour of analytical systems. A joint consideration of uncertainty of measurement and fitness for purpose could avoid these problems.
M. Thompson, Analyst, 1998, 123, 405 DOI: 10.1039/A705702D
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