Qualitative interaction between the observer and the observed in veterinary epidemiology

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 107-113

  Ducrot, Christian ^a   Calavas, Didier ^b   Sabatier, Philippe ^c   Faye, Bernard ^d  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

^c VETAGRO SUP   (France)

^d CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Bias; Data collection; Interaction; Methodology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESEARCH; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 0032570468     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(97)00089-5     Document Type: Article

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