Nonparametric modeling of the left censorship of analytical data in food risk assessment

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 101, Issue 476, 2006, Pages 1377-1386

  Tressou, Jessica ^a  

^a AGROPARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

Bootstrap; Kaplan meier estimator; Left censorship; Ochratoxin A; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846069366     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/016214506000000573     Document Type: Article

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