1. Traceable to values firmly anchored in nature

   • Paul De Bièvre

   EDITORIAL Pages: 323 - 323

2. Metrology in chemistry as the 21st century approaches

   • Alan Squirrell

   EDITORIAL Pages: 324 - 325

3. How valid are our QA assumptions: an examination of underpinning Axioms

   • Bernard King

   REVIEW PAPER Pages: 326 - 335

4. Quality issues in proficiency testing

   • Ian Robert Juniper

   REVIEW PAPER Pages: 336 - 341

5. Do interlaboratory comparisons provide traceability?

   • P. De Bièvre

   GENERAL PAPER Pages: 342 - 346

6. Do we need to accredit proficiency testing schemes?

   • N. P. Boley

   DISCUSSION FORUM Pages: 347 - 349

7. Metrology in laboratory medicine – A necessity

   • R. Dybkaer
   • Ulf Örnemark
   • Wolfgang Richter

   DISCUSSION FORUM Pages: 349 - 351

8. Method validation of modern analytical techniques

   • D. B. Hibbert

   DISCUSSION FORUM Pages: 352 - 356

9. The establishment of an Australian National Analytical Reference Laboratory (NARL)

   • B. King

   POLICIES AND CONCEPTS Pages: 357 - 360

10. Accreditation of reference material producers

    • R. F. Walker

    POLICIES AND CONCEPTS Pages: 360 - 365

11. Revision of ISO guide 25

    • Maire Caitriona Walsh

    LEGISLATION AND NORMS Pages: 365 - 368

12. Quality assurance in daily practice

    • Alenka Gogala
    • Bauke te Nijenhuis

    MEETING REPORT Pages: 368 - 370

13. Report on the IUPAC, ISO-REMCO, BAM, EUROLAB-D Workshop on "Proper Use of Environmental Matrix Reference Materials"

    • A. Fajgelj

    MEETING REPORT Pages: 370 - 371

14. Matrix reference materials – provision in Australia

    • Roderick Geoffrey Millar

    NEW REFERENCE MATERIALS Pages: 371 - 374

15. The synthesis and characterization of pure substance reference materials for forensic, agricultural and drugs-in-sport analysis

    • Bruce Noble

    NEW REFERENCE MATERIALS Pages: 374 - 377

16. Erratum: Accred Qual Assur (1999) 4: 133–138

    Pages: 386 - 386