Veterinary clinical epidemiology /
Ronald D. Smith.
- 3rd ed.
- Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis, 2006
- 259 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-249) and index.
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.