Statistical tools for analysing the data obtained from repeated dose toxicity studies with rodents: A comparison of the statistical tools used in Japan with that of used in other countries

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-16

  Kobayashi, Katsumi ^a   Pillai, K Sadasivan ^b   Guhatakurta, Soma ^b   Cherian, K M ^b   Ohnishi, Mariko ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND EVALUATION   (Japan)

^b Frontier Lifeline Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Dunnett's test; Rodents; Statistical tools; Steel's test; Toxicity study

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; HETEROGENEITY; HOMOGENEITY; RODENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

JAPAN;

RODENTIA;

EID: 79955790838     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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