Dose and litter allocations in the design of teratological studies for detecting hormesis

Teratology

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 309-314

  Hunt, Daniel ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; FETUS MALFORMATION; HORMESIS; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TERATOLOGY; TOXICOLOGY;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; PREGNANCY; RESEARCH DESIGN; TERATOGENS;

EID: 0036907841     PISSN: 00403709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tera.10106     Document Type: Article

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