Toward a unified approach to dose-response modeling in ecotoxicology

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 220-229

  Ritz, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Log logistic models; Logarithm transformed doses; Open source statistical software; Parameterizations; Weibull models

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ECOLOGY;

LOG-LOGISTIC MODEL; OPEN SOURCES; PARAMETERIZATIONS; STATISTICAL SOFTWARE; WEIBULL MODELS;

HEALTH RISKS;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ECOTOXICOLOGY; MODELING; SOFTWARE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WEIBULL THEORY;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; DOSE RESPONSE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ECOTOXICOLOGY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SOFTWARE;

EID: 77952283597     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.7     Document Type: Review

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