Variation in variance means more than mean variations: What does variability tell us about population health status?

Environment International

Volumn 73, Issue , 2014, Pages 282-287

  Devin, Simon ^a   Giamberini, Laure ^a   Pain Devin, Sandrine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Ecotoxicology; Niche; Population acclimatation; Risk assessment; Variability

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; ECO-TOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE; NICHE; POPULATION ACCLIMATATION; POPULATION HEALTH; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; VARIABILITY;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACCLIMATION; BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; BIOMARKER; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECOTOXICOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; NICHE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FERTILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOCHEMISTRY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MESOCOSM; POLLUTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS; ENVIRONMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; CONTAMINATED ANIMAL; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL NICHE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; VARIABILITY; VARIANCE;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84907307851     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2014.08.002     Document Type: Article

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