Low dose risk estimation via simultaneous statistical inferences

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

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 245-258

  Piegorsch, Walter W ^a   West, R Webster ^a   Pan, Wei ^b   Kodell, Ralph L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bench mark dose; Environmental risk assessment; Non quantal dose response; Simultaneous confidence bands; Simultaneous inference

Indexed keywords

EID: 12344292925     PISSN: 00359254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9876.2005.00481.x     Document Type: Article

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