Statistical aspects for combining information and meta‐analysis in environmental toxicologyFootnote∗

Thanks are due to Drs. A. John Bailer, Lawrence H. Cox, and Don Edwards for their helpful suggestions on this material. The research was supported by grant #CA76031 from the National Institutes of Health.

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