Empirical evaluation of sufficient similarity in dose-response for environmental risk assessment of chemical mixtures

Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 313-333

  Stork, LeAnna G ^a   Gennings, Chris ^b   Carter Jr , Walter H ^b   Teuschler, Linda K ^c   Carney, Edward W ^d  

^a MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Equivalence testing; Mixed models; Nonlinear models; Random coefficient

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; MODELING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOXICITY;

EID: 56349129209     PISSN: 10857117     EISSN: 15372693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/108571108X336304     Document Type: Article

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