Survival analysis approach to risk factors associated with hyperlipemia in donkeys

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 209, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1449-1452

  Reid, Stuart W J ^a   Mohammed, Hussni O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; FEMALE; HORSE; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; EQUIDAE; FEMALE; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; MALE; OBESITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030587758     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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