Identification of Salmonella high risk pig-herds in Belgium by using semiparametric quantile regression

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 449-464

  Bollaerts, Kaatje ^a   Aerts, Marc ^a   Ribbens, Stefaan ^b   Van Der Stede, Yves ^c   Boone, Ides ^c   Mintiens, Koen ^c  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c VETERINARY AND AGROCHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Generalized linear mixed models; Pig herds; Risk factors; Salmonella; Semiparametric quantile regression

Indexed keywords

EID: 40549091271     PISSN: 09641998     EISSN: 1467985X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-985X.2007.00525.x     Document Type: Article

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