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Veterinary clinical epidemiology : from patient to population / Ronald D. Smith.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, Ronald Dee, 1943- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Veterinary clinical epidemiology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxiv, 247 pages)
- polychrome
- Edition:
- Fourth edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2020.
- System Details:
- text file
- Biography/History:
- Ronald D. Smith, D.V.M., Ph.D., is a Professor Emeritus of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine in the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Illinois. He received his D.V.M. from Michigan State University in 1967 and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in veterinary medical science from the University of Illinois.
- Contents:
- Introduction. 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.
- Notes:
- Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 16, 2019).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Clarence J. Marshall Memorial Library Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780429402197
- 0429402198
- 9780429688249
- 0429688245
- 9780429688232
- 0429688237
- Publisher Number:
- 99982892151
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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