Enhancing toxicity test performance by using a statistical criterion

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2323-2328

  Denton, Debra L ^a   Fox, John F ^a   Fulk, Florence A ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Minimum significant difference; Statistical power; Toxicity testing; Within test variability

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENTS; WATER;

TOXICITY TESTS;

TOXICITY;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CALCULATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GREEN ALGA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEA URCHIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TOXICITY TESTS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROPHYTA; ECHINOIDEA;

EID: 0141848438     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/02-384     Document Type: Article

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