Estimation of dose-response curves and identification of peaks in hormone pulsations: Classic marriages of statistics to science

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 289, Issue 3 52-3, 2005, Pages

  Curran Everett, Douglas ^a  

^a NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSE RESPONSE; EDITORIAL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; ENDOCRINOLOGY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HORMONES; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PULSATILE FLOW; SCIENCE; STATISTICS;

EID: 23944491130     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/classicessays.00034.2005     Document Type: Editorial

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