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Generalized P-Values and Confidence Intervals: A Novel Approach for Analyzing Lognormally Distributed Exposure Data

K. Krishnamoorthy Department of Mathematics, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana
,
Thomas Mathew Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland
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Gurumurthy Ramachandran Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Pages 642-650 | Published online: 23 Oct 2007

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