Study design and sample size considerations for half-life studies

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 423-429

  Kim, M Y ^a   Dubin, N ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HALF LIFE TIME; HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICOKINETICS;

EID: 0029874388     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00212304     Document Type: Article

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