Analysis of the bovine spongiform encephalopathy maternal cohort study: Evidence for direct maternal transmission

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

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 321-344

  Donnelly, C A ^b   Ghani, A C ^c   Ferguson, N M ^c   Wilesmith, J W ^a   Anderson, R M ^c  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cohort study; Paired binary data; Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISKS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; DIRECT MATERNAL TRANSMISSION; MATERNAL COHORT STUDY; PAIRED BINARY DATA; TRANSMISSIBLE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHIES;

STATISTICAL METHODS;

EID: 0031378165     PISSN: 00359254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9876.00072     Document Type: Article

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