Bovine spongiform encephalopathy maternal cohort study - Exploratory analysis

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C: Applied Statistics

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 305-320

  Gore, Sheila M ^a,c   Gilks, Walter R ^a   Wilesmith, John W ^b  

^a MRC BIOSTATISTICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy; Dam to calf transmission; Inherited susceptibility; New variant Creutzfeldt Jakob disease; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISKS;

BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; DAM TO CALF TRANSMISSION; INHERITED SUSCEPTIBILITY; NEW VARIANT CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0031336031     PISSN: 00359254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9876.00071     Document Type: Article

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