1. "Uncertainty" or "reliability"?

   • P. De Bièvre

   editorial Pages: 195 - 195

2. Fresenius Prize 1996 awarded to H. Günzler

   • P. De Bièvre
   • P.W. Enders

   editorial Pages: 196 - 196

3. Accreditation: worth the trouble?

   • W. van Deijck

   GENERAL PAPER Pages: 197 - 200

4. Quality assurance in forensic toxicological analysis

   • H.-J. Battista
   • L. von Meyer
   • G. Wehinger

   GENERAL PAPER Pages: 201 - 206

5. A framework for the application and materials in analytical chemistry

   • A. M. H. van der Veen
   • A. Alink
   • B. van der Lecq

   GENERAL PAPER Pages: 207 - 212

6. Pathology laboratory accreditation: the Australian experience

   • R. L. Robertson

   PRACTITIONER'S REPORT Pages: 213 - 217

7. External quality assessment schemes for clinical laboratories

   • A. Uldall

   PRACTITIONER'S REPORT Pages: 218 - 222

8. Report on the International Symposium of the Europe Section of AOAC International and ASFILAB

   • C.F. Bourgeois
   • J.-L. Gafner
   • T. Rihs

   meeting report Pages: 227 - 227

9. Glossary of analytical terms (V)*

   • J. Fleming
   • H. Albus
   • W. Wegscheider

   TERMINOLOGY AND DEFINITIONS Pages: 233 - 234

10. Report of a Round Table on "Global Assurance of Traceability" held at the Conference on Precision Electromagnetic Measurements '96 (CPEM '96)

    • P. de Bièvre

    meeting reports Pages: a229 - 232

11. Glossary of analytical terms

    • M. Sargent

    letters to the editor Pages: a223 - 226

12. IUPAC-ISMR

    international committees Pages: b235 - 235

13. Policies and criteria on accreditation of testing laboratories in Korea

    • S. Kim
    • K.-J. Park
    • C.-H. Lim

    POLICIES AND CONCEPTS Pages: b223 - 226

14. Report on CITAC

    international committees Pages: c235 - 235

15. VAM brochure on new books

    book reviews Pages: a235 - 235

16. Worldwide Production of Certified Reference Materials - 1996 Status Report

    • S.D. Rasberry

    new reference materials Pages: b229 - 232