Detecting departure from additivity along a fixed-ratio mixture ray with a piecewise model for dose and interaction thresholds

Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 510-522

  Yeatts, Sharon D ^a   Gennings, Chris ^b   Wagner, Elizabeth D ^c   Simmons, Jane Ellen ^d   Plewa, Michael J ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose threshold; Dose dependent interaction; Synergy

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; MIXING RATIO; MODELING; THRESHOLD; TOXICITY;

CRICETULUS GRISEUS;

EID: 78649905660     PISSN: 10857117     EISSN: 15372693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13253-010-0030-x     Document Type: Article

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