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Veterinary clinical epidemiology /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, Ronald Dee, 1943-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis, 2006.
Edition:Third edition.
Subjects:
Epidemiologic Methods > veterinary.
Table of Contents:
  • Defining the limits of normality
  • Evaluation of diagnostic tests
  • Use of diagnostic tests
  • Measuring the commonness of disease
  • Risk assessment and prevention
  • Measuring and communicating prognoses
  • Design and evaluation of clinical trials
  • Statistical significance
  • Medical ecology and outbreak investigation
  • Measuring and expressing occurrence
  • Establishing cause
  • Source and transmission of disease agents
  • The cost of disease