A statistical test for detecting and characterizing departures from additivity in drug/chemical combinations

Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 342-359

  Dawson, Kathryn S ^a   Carter Jr , W Hans ^b   Gennings, Chris ^b  

^a Corvascular Inc ^*  (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antagonism; Interaction index; Synergism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013191055     PISSN: 10857117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1400458     Document Type: Article

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