Aflatoxin Dosage and Liver Cancer in Lab Animals
Source:R/data-documentation.R
AflatoxinLiverCancer_df.RdThis dataset, AflatoxinLiverCancer_df, is a data frame containing data from a study where varying doses of Aflatoxin B1 were administered to lab animals. The dataset records the total number of animals exposed to each dose and the number of animals that developed liver cancer.
Usage
data(AflatoxinLiverCancer_df)Format
A data frame with 6 observations and 3 variables:
- dose
Dose of Aflatoxin B1 administered (integer).
- total
Total number of animals exposed to the dose (integer).
- tumor
Number of animals that developed liver cancer (integer).
Source
Data taken from the faraway package. Gaylor DW (1987). *Linear nonparametric upper limits for low dose extrapolation*. ASA Proceedings of the Biopharmaceutical Section.
Details
The dataset name has been kept as 'AflatoxinLiverCancer_df' to avoid confusion with other datasets in the R ecosystem. This naming convention helps distinguish this dataset as part of the OncoDataSets package and assists users in identifying its specific characteristics. The suffix '_df' indicates that the dataset is a data frame. The original content has not been modified in any way.