Detection, identification, and correction of a bias in an epidemiological study

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 71-78

  Courchamp, Franck ^a,b   Say, Ludovic ^a   Pontier, Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology feline immunodeficiency virus; Response to capture; Sampling bias; Trap shy; Trapping

Indexed keywords

CATUS; FELIDAE; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FELIS CATUS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CAT; CAT DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FEMALE; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BODY WEIGHT; CATS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FELINE ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; FEMALE; IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS, FELINE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0033632177     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-36.1.71     Document Type: Article

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