Age-period-cohort analysis of the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) epidemic in Switzerland

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 19-33

  Cohen Sabas, Carine H ^a,b,c   Heim, Dagmar ^b   Zurbriggen, Andreas ^a   Stärk, Katharina D C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL VETERINARY OFFICE   (Switzerland)

^c SANOFI PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Age; Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE); Cohort; Modelling; Poisson regression

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CATTLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; INCIDENCE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CATTLE; COHORT STUDIES; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; INCIDENCE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 9644280928     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2004.07.009     Document Type: Article

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