Golden {NADA}

Blood lead in organs of herons from Virginia

Description

Lead concentrations in the blood and several organs of herons in Virginia.

Objective is to determine the relationships between lead concentrations in the blood and various organs. Do concentrations reflect environmental lead concentrations, as represented by dosing groups? There is one detection limit, at 0.02 ug/g. Used in Chapters 10 and 11 of the NADA book.

Usage

data(Golden)

Source

Golden et al., 2003, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 22, pp. 1517-1524.

References

Helsel, Dennis R. (2005). Nondectects and Data Analysis; Statistics for censored environmental data. John Wiley and Sons, USA, NJ.