Revised approach to toxicity test acceptability criteria using a statistical performance assessment

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1322-1329

  Thursby, Glen B ^a   Heltshe, James ^b   Scott, K John ^c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b 3D Group for Interactive Visualization   (United States)

^c SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Ampelisca; Amphipod; Statistical variance; t Test; Test acceptability

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOGRAM; INVERTEBRATE; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY TESTING; VARIANCE;

AMPELISCA; AMPELISCA ABDITA; AMPHIPODA; ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030955869     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1997)016<1322:RATTTA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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