Large standard deviations and logarithmic-normality

Fly

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 327-332

  Sorrentino, Richard Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood; CHC; Concentration; Hemocyte; Log normal; Logarithm; Normal

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; REFERENCE VALUE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; HEMOCYTES; MALE; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 77957732772     PISSN: 19336934     EISSN: 19336942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/fly.4.4.13260     Document Type: Article

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