Bayesian measures of the minimum detectable concentration of an immunoassay

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Statistics

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-65

  James O'Malley, A ^a   Deely, John J ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assay; Bayesian analysis; Minimal detectable concentration; Nonlinear regression; Predictive inference

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141687251     PISSN: 13691473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-842x.00260     Document Type: Article

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