Disease mapping in veterinary epidemiology: A Bayesian geostatistical approach

Statistical Methods in Medical Research

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 337-352

  Biggeri, Annibale ^a   Dreassi, Emanuela ^a   Catelan, Dolores ^a   Rinaldi, Laura ^b   Lagazio, Corrado ^c   Cringoli, Giuseppe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DOG DISEASE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PARASITOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; URBAN AREA; VETERINARY MEDICINE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; DATA COLLECTION; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FECES; ITALY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS;

EID: 33746430472     PISSN: 09622802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0962280206sm455oa     Document Type: Article

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