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A Measure of Biochemical Individual Variability
Author(s) -
Masuyama M.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
biometrical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.108
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1521-4036
pISSN - 0323-3847
DOI - 10.1002/bimj.4710260320
Subject(s) - measure (data warehouse) , agency (philosophy) , mathematics , statistics , epistemology , computer science , philosophy , data mining
Once a questionable substance is found in a polluted area, we determine its MLD, LD 50 etc. by animal experiments and then taking the species difference into consideration, we provide its MTD, LD 50 etc. for the man. However, there exists clearly a wide difference in its tolerance among persona even with the same sex and age belonging to the same race. Our main themes are (i) what is a rational measure of the biochemical individual variability, (ii) what kind of empirical law holds with respect to this measure, and (iii) what is the reason why it holds. This is a summary of my research sponsored by our Agency of Science and Technology [1979a] with some additional results.