Bayesian Analysis of a Lipid-Based Physiologically Based Toxicokinetic Model for a Mixture of PCBs in Rats

Table 4

Population-level parameters to be estimated by Bayesian analysis.

Parameter	Unknowns	Prior
Basal metabolic rate^†	𝜇𝑣0	Wide uniform
	Σ𝑣0	Inverse gamma
Induction factor	𝐹^2B	Wide uniform
	𝐹^1A	Wide uniform
Model/data error^‡	σ	Wide uniform

^†One each for PCBs 118, 138, 153, 170, 180, 187, in (mL/h/kg^0.75).
^‡One each for plasma, liver, and fat.