Implications of experimental technique for analysis and interpretation of data from animal experiments: Outliers and increased variability resulting from failure of intraperitoneal injection procedures

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 312-320

  Das, R Gaines ^a   North, D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STANDARDS AND CONTROL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intraperitoneal injection; Natural immunity; Outliers; Statistical analysis; Variability

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; ERYTHROPOIETIN; PERTUSSIS TOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; EXPERIMENTATION; INJECTION; LABORATORY TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYCYTHEMIA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIZATION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BOTULINUM TOXINS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; HISTAMINE; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MEDICATION ERRORS; MICE; PERTUSSIS TOXIN; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; POLYCYTHEMIA; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34547585101     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002367707781282802     Document Type: Article

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