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vaso: Gilliatt's vaso-constriction data

Description

These data were obtained in a carefully controlled study of the effect of the rate and volume of air inspired by human subjects on the occurrence or non-occurrence of a transient vasoconstriction response in the skin of the fingers.

Usage

data(vaso)

Arguments

Format

A data.frame of 39 obs. of 4 variables:
[,1] Subject
Factor w/ 3 levels "1","2","3", ... [,2]
Volume numeric, volume of air expired
[,3] Rate
numeric, rate of air expired [,1]

Source

Finney, D.J. (1947)., "The estimation from individual records of the relationship between dose and quantal response", Biometrika, 34, 320--34.

References

Gilliatt, R.W. (1948). "Vaso-constriction in the finger after deep inspiration", J. Physiol., 107, 76--88.