Bayesian modeling of animal- and herd-level prevalences

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 101-112

  Branscum, A J ^a   Gardner, I A ^b   Johnson, W O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian modeling; Pooled samples; Prevalence estimation; WinBUGS

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 9644302362     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2004.09.009     Document Type: Article

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