Fundamentals of Statistics (5th Edition)
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Effects of Plastic Resin Para-nonylphenol is found in polyvinyl chloride (PVC) used in the food processing and packaging industries. Researchers wanted to determine the effect this substance had on the organ weight of first-generation mice when both parents were exposed to 50 micrograms per liter (μg/L) of para-nonylphenol in drinking water for 4 weeks. After 4 weeks, the mice were bred. After 100 days, the offspring of the exposed parents were sacrificed and the kidney weights were determined. The
Source: Vendula Kyselova et al, ‘Effects if P-nonylphenol and resveratrol on body and organ weight and in vivo fertility of outbred CD-1 mice,’ Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology, 2003.
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