Age pattern of mortality in eight breeds of insured dogs in Sweden

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-14

  Egenvall, Agneta ^a   Bonnett, Brenda N ^b   Shoukri, Mohamed ^b   Olson, Pekka ^c   Hedhammar, Åke ^a   Dohoo, Ian ^d  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c Agria Insurance   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age influence; Breed influence; Cox; Dog; Mortality; Survival

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOG; FACTUAL DATABASE; INSURANCE; MORTALITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DOGS; INSURANCE, LIFE; MORTALITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWEDEN;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 0034601215     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(00)00135-5     Document Type: Article

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