Characterizing populations of individuals using pooled samples

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-37

  Caudill, Samuel P ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Limit of detection; Log normal; Organochlorine pesticide; Percentiles; Polychlorinated biphenyl; Pooled samples

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SAMPLE SIZE; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

ANIMALIA;

CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; PESTICIDE; POLLUTANT; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; POLLUTANT; PROCEDURES; SAMPLE SIZE; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 73649149075     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2008.72     Document Type: Article

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