Should We Assess Tumorigenicity With the Peto or Poly-k Test?

Statistics in Biopharmaceutical Research

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 118-124

  Kodell, Ralph L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Dose related trend; Preclinical; Regulatory; Survival adjusted

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CARCINOGENICITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FATALITY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PETO TEST; POLY K TEST; POWER ANALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SAMPLE SIZE; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL; VARIANCE;

EID: 84865051920     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19466315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/sbr.2010.10030     Document Type: Article

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