Date of Award
1996
Publication Type
Master Thesis
Degree Name
M.Sc.
Department
Mathematics and Statistics
Keywords
Statistics.
Supervisor
Fung, K.
Rights
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Abstract
Quantitative risk assessment of noncarcinogens has been based on the estimation of the no-observed-adverse-effect-level (NOAEL). The NOAEL procedure has been shown to be unsatisfactory by many scientists. The fitting of dose-response models to teratology data involving littermates in order to estimate a teratogenic risk is becoming more popular as a potential alternative to the traditional approach to risk assessment. In this thesis a comparison of the different methods of risk assessment (NOAEL, ED$\sb{\alpha}$ and BMD$\sb{\alpha}$) are conducted through a simulation study and through real life developmental toxicity data. The estimates ED$\sb{\alpha}$ and BMD$\sb{\alpha}$ are computed with both the Dirichlet-trinomial and beta-binomial variance function, generalized linear model variance function and with the Rao-Scott transformation.Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics. Paper copy at Leddy Library: Theses & Major Papers - Basement, West Bldg. / Call Number: Thesis1996 .M375. Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 37-01, page: 0280. Adviser: K. Fung. Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Windsor (Canada), 1996.
Recommended Citation
Marro, Leonora., "Comparison of quantitative risk assessment procedures based on overdispersed data from developmental toxicity studies." (1996). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 1493.
https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/etd/1493