Time trends in exposure of cattle to bovine spongiform encephalopathy and cohort effect in France and Italy: value of the classical Age-Period-Cohort approach

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The Age-Period-Cohort (APC) analysis is routinely used for time trend analysis of cancer incidence or mortality rates, but in veterinary epidemiology, there are still only a few examples of this application. APC models were recently...

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Main Authors: Ru Giuseppe, Sala Carole
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-09-01
Series:BMC Veterinary Research
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1746-6148/5/34