Likelihood contour method for the calculation of asymptotic upper confidence limits on the risk function for quantitative responses

Risk Analysis

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 613-624

  Banga, Senin ^a   Patil, Ganapati P ^a   Taillie, Charles ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic normality; Benchmark dose; Dose response models; Likelihood ratio; Profile likelihood

Indexed keywords

NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; NUMBER THEORY;

SCALAR-VALUED FUNCTIONS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

METHODOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; METHODOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0035703783     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0272-4332.214139     Document Type: Article

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