Risk factors and sources of variation in horse falls in steeplechase racing in the UK

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 179-192

  Pinchbeck, G L ^a   Clegg, P D ^a   Proudman, C J ^a   Morgan, K L ^a   Wood, J L N ^b   French, N P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Falling; Generalised additive models; Multilevel models; Racehorse; Random effects; Steeplechasing

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FALLING; FEMALE; HORSE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; WEIGHT BEARING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HORSES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SPORTS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

ELAGATIS; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0037109104     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(02)00098-3     Document Type: Article

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