An overview of techniques for dealing with large numbers of independent variables in epidemiologic studies

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 221-239

  Dohoo, I R ^a   Ducrot, C ^b   Fourichon, C ^c   Donald, A ^a   Hurnik, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^b Centre d'Ecopathologie Animale   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Correspondence analysis; Epidemiologic methods; Multicollinearity; Multivariable analysis

Indexed keywords

SUS SCROFA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PNEUMONIA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PNEUMONIA; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLE SIZE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 0030630172     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(96)01074-4     Document Type: Article

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