Comparison between two confidence intervals of dose-response relationships

Zhongguo Huanjing Kexue/China Environmental Science

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 113-117

  Zhu, Xiang Wei ^a,b   Liu, Shu Shen ^a   Ge, Hui Lin ^a   Liu, Yan ^b  

^a Tongji University   (China)

^b SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dose response curve; Function based confidence interval; Mixture toxicity evaluation; Observation based confidence interval

Indexed keywords

EID: 61749101500     PISSN: 10006923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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