Fitting human exposure data with the Johnson SB distribution

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 56-62

  Flynn, Michael R ^a,b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

Author keywords

4 parameter lognormal distribution; Exposure assessment; Exposure modeling; Johnson SB distribution; Parameter estimation

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; BENZENE; CARBON DIOXIDE; PAINT;

AIRBORNE INFECTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVALUATION RESEARCH; HUMAN; JOHNSON SB DISTRIBUTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; POPULATION RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33646467821     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jea.7500437     Document Type: Article

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