A generalized estimating equation approach to modelling foetal response in developmental toxicity studies when the number of implants is dose dependent

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C: Applied Statistics

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-61

  Kuk, Anthony Y C ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Developmental toxicity studies; Dose dependent litter size; Foetal death or malformation; Generalized estimating equations; Overdispersion; Risk assessment; Underdispersion; Unformed foetuses; Virtually safe dose

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141464026     PISSN: 00359254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9876.00388     Document Type: Article

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