Estimating low toxic effects

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 794-801

  Moore, Dwayne R J ^a   Caux, Pierre Yves ^a  

^a Cadmus Group   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hypothesis testing; Low toxic effects; Regression approach

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; HYPOTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 0030894997     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1997)016<0794:ELTE>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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