Much ado about next to nothing: Incorporating nondetects in science

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 257-262

  Helsel, Dennis ^a  

^a Practical Stats   (United States)

Author keywords

Censored data; Detection limit; Nondetects; Risk assessment; Statistics

Indexed keywords

CENSORED DATA; DETECTION LIMIT; DETECTION LIMITS; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE; OCCUPATIONAL HYGIENE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

RISK MANAGEMENT;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; METHODOLOGY; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HUMANS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 77950542694     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mep092     Document Type: Review

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