Two-stage sampling in surveys to substantiate freedom from disease

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-30

  Cameron, Angus R ^a   Baldock, F Chris ^b  

^a Lao Australian Animal Health Project   (Laos)

^b AUSVET ANIMAL HEALTH SERVICES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggregate test; Diagnosis basic matters; Sampling

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; DATA COLLECTION; PROBABILITY; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0032488675     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(97)00073-1     Document Type: Article

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