Geometric mean estimation from pooled samples

Chemosphere

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 371-380

  Caudill, Samuel P ^a   Turner, Wayman E ^a   Patterson Jr , Donald G ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Limit of detection; Log normal; Organochlorine pesticides; PCBs; PCDD; PCDF; Pooled samples

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

LIMIT OF DETECTION; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; POOLED SAMPLES;

POLLUTION DETECTION;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; POLLUTION DETECTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BIOMONITORING; PCB; PCDD; PCDF; PESTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; POOLED SAMPLE; SAMPLE; SCHOOL CHILD; SIMULATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34547837432     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.05.061     Document Type: Article

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