Statistical aspects of environmental risk assessment of GM plants for effects on non-target organisms

Environmental Biosafety Research

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 65-78

  Perry, Joe N ^a   Braak, Cajo J F Ter ^b   Dixon, Philip M ^c   Duan, Jian J ^d   Hails, Rosie S ^e   Huesken, Alexandra ^f   Lavielle, Marc ^g   Marvier, Michelle ^h   Scardi, Michele ⁱ   Schmidt, Kerstin ^j   Tothmeresz, Bela ^k   Schaarschmidt, Frank ^l   Voet, Hilko Van Der ^b  

^a Oaklands Barn   (United Kingdom)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

^d USDA ARS   (United States)

^e CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^f INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

^g INRIA SACLAY   (France)

^h SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^j BioOK GmbH   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^l LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Environmental risk assessment; Equivalence test; Experimental design; Genetically modified plant; Statistical analysis; Statistical power

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD HANDLING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PEST CONTROL; POSTMARKETING SURVEILLANCE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOXICITY TESTING; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD HANDLING; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PEST CONTROL; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PRODUCT SURVEILLANCE, POSTMARKETING; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 70350138493     PISSN: 16357922     EISSN: 16357930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/ebr/2009009     Document Type: Review

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