Confidence Bands for Low-Dose Risk Estimation with Quantal Response Data

Biometrics

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1056-1062

  Al Saidy, Obaid M ^a   Piegorsch, Walter W ^b   West, R Webster ^b   Nitcheva, Daniela K ^b  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Benchmark analysis; Benchmark dose; Carcinogenic risk assessment; Low dose extrapolation; Multistage model; Quantal data; Quantitative risk analysis; Simultaneous confidence bounds; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

MONTE CARLO METHODS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK PERCEPTION;

BENCHMARK ANALYSIS; BENCHMARK DOSE; CARCINOGENIC RISK ASSESSMENTS; CONFIDENCE BOUNDS; LOW-DOSE EXTRAPOLATION; MULTI STAGE MODELING; QUANTAL DATA; QUANTITATIVE RISK ANALYSIS; SIMULTANEOUS CONFIDENCE BOUND; TOXICOLOGY;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

TOXICOLOGY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CARCINOGENESIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICOLOGY;

EID: 0346102885     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0006-341X.2003.00121.x     Document Type: Article

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