The construction and evaluation of a questionnaire to identify quantative criteria for evaluating national Veterinary Services

OIE Revue Scientifique et Technique

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 719-730

  Tempelman, Y ^a   Stark K D C ^a   Salman, M ^b   Kihm, U ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL VETERINARY OFFICE   (Switzerland)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Quantitative evaluation; Questionnaire; Validation; Veterinary Service

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0344586832     PISSN: 02531933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20506/rst.22.2.1428     Document Type: Review

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