Objective interpretation of bovine clinical biochemistry data: Application of Bayes law to a database model

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 147-158

  Knox, K M G ^a   Reid, S W J ^a,b   Irwin, T ^b   Murray, M ^a   Gettinby, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical biochemistry; Decision support; Interpretation; Percentile; Probability

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; PLASMA PROTEIN; SERUM ALBUMIN; SERUM GLOBULIN; UREA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; FACTUAL DATABASE; HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD PROTEINS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CREATININE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DECISION MAKING; HOSPITALS, ANIMAL; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOLS, VETERINARY; SCOTLAND; SERUM ALBUMIN; SERUM GLOBULINS; UREA;

EID: 0031612473     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(97)00040-8     Document Type: Article

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