A modified arithmetical method of Reed and Muench for determination of a relatively ideal median lethal dose (LD50)

African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1543-1546

  Saganuwan, Saganuwan Alhaji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Arithmetic; Average; Death; Median lethal dose; Survival

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; FEMALE; LD 50; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RAT; SURVIVAL RATE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 80054850443     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19960816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/AJPP11.393     Document Type: Article

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