Simultaneous Inference for Model Averaging of Derived Parameters

Risk Analysis

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 68-76

  Jensen, Signe M ^a   Ritz, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Asymptotic representation; Benchmark dose; Coverage; Dose response; Wald type intervals

Indexed keywords

PHYSIOLOGY; RISK ANALYSIS; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

ASYMPTOTIC REPRESENTATIONS; BENCHMARK DOSE; COVERAGE; DOSE RESPONSE; WALD-TYPE INTERVALS;

ERROR ANALYSIS;

EID: 84922595724     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/risa.12242     Document Type: Article

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