Veterinary Clinical Epidemiology: A Problem-Oriented Approach - Ronald Dee Smith - Library Binding

This book focuses on the application of epidemiologic principles & techniques to problems regularly faced by veterinary practitioners. Numerous examples from the veterinary literature indicate how experience with patients can be used to explore issues of importance in the practice of veterinary medicine while controlling for bias, confounding, & chance. The first part of the book focuses on the application of epidemiology in medical decision-making. The second part focuses on the epidemiology of disease in populations & outbreak investigation. A glossary of epidemiologic terms & an extensive bibliography are also included. The Second Edition includes myriad updates to reflect the expanding use of epidemiologic methodology in clinical research. This book serves as both a teaching resource for veterinary epidemiology & a reference on the application of epidemiologic methods in veterinary clinical research.Smith, Ronald D. is the author of 'Veterinary Clinical Epidemiology: A Problem-Oriented Approach - Ronald Dee Smith - Library Binding' with ISBN 9780849387654 and ISBN 0849387655.