Categorical regression analysis of acute exposure to tetrachloroethylene

Risk Analysis

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 321-332

  Guth, Daniel J ^a,e   Carroll, Raymond J ^b   Simpson, Douglas G ^c   Zhou, Haibo ^d  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d USA   (United States)

^e BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute exposures; Categorical regression; Severity; Tetrachloroethylene

Indexed keywords

ACUTE EXPOSURES; CATEGORICAL REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE;

COMPOSITION EFFECTS; ESTIMATION; HEALTH RISKS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

TETRACHLOROETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LETHALITY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RATS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031171293     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.1997.tb00870.x     Document Type: Article

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