Calculation of the minimum significant difference at the NOEC using a non-parametric test

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-66

  van der Hoeven, Nelly ^a  

^a ECOSTAT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Minimum significant difference; NOEC; Non parametric test; Wilcoxon test

Indexed keywords

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ECOTOXICOLOGY; STANDARD (REFERENCE); TOXICITY TEST;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOTOXICOLOGY; MINIMUM SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; PROBABILITY; RANK SUM TEST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

DRUG TOXICITY; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 40849138184     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2007.06.010     Document Type: Article

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