The median lethal dose - Design and estimation

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series D: The Statistician

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 41-50

  Kelly, Gabrielle E ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bootstrap; Fieller interval; LD50; Monte carlo simulation; Probit response curve; Profile likelihood interval

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011005108     PISSN: 00390526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9884.00259     Document Type: Article

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