Estimating the probability of occurrence of tumor for a rare cancer with zero occurrence in a sample

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 139-144

  Basu, Asit P ^a   Gaylor, David W ^b   Chen, James J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN;

BAYES THEOREM; CANCER INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SHORT SURVEY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029995829     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/rtph.1996.0035     Document Type: Article

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