Epidemiological modelling taking BSE as an example - Reflections from a statistical viewpoint;Epidemiologische modellbildung am beispiel BSE - Betrachtungen aus statistischer sicht

Berliner und Munchener Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 116, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 22-30

  Dahms, Susanne ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age period cohort models; APC models; Back calculation model; CVL three factor model; Epidemic of BSE infections; Epidemiological modelling; Modelling of the BSE epidemic; Prediction of BSE incidences

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CATTLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; GERMANY; INCIDENCE; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; COHORT STUDIES; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; GERMANY; GREAT BRITAIN; INCIDENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREVALENCE;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0037250277     PISSN: 00059366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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