Neurocognitive effects in welders exposed to aluminium: An application of the NPC test and NPC ranking methods

Statistical Methods and Applications

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 191-208

  Bonnini, Stefano ^a   Corain, Livio ^a   Munaò, Fortunato ^b   Salmaso, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aluminium exposure; Dependent rankings; Neurocognitive effects; Nonparametric combination; Permutation tests

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747072080     PISSN: 16182510     EISSN: 1613981X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10260-006-0019-3     Document Type: Article

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