Evaluation of Statistical Treatment of Left-Censored Contamination Data: Example Involving Deoxynivalenol Occurrence in Pasta and Pasta Substitute Products

Evaluation of Statistical Treatment of Left-Censored Contamination Data: Example Involving Deoxynivalenol Occurrence in Pasta and Pasta Substitute Products

The handling of data on food contamination frequently represents a challenge because these are often left-censored, being composed of both positive and non-detected values. The latter observations are not quantified and provide only the information that they are below a laboratory-specific threshold...

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Main Authors: Alessandro Feraldi, Barbara De Santis, Marco Finocchietti, Francesca Debegnach, Antonio Mandile, Marco Alfò
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-08-01
Series:Toxins
Subjects:
left-censored data
limit of quantification
chemical contaminants
dietary exposure
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6651/15/9/521

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