An approach to meningococcal meningitis using dynamic systems and times series;Una aproximación a la dinámica de la meningitis meningocócica mediante sistemas dinámicos y series de tiempo

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 178-188

  Canals L, Mauricio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b Depto de Ciencias Biológicas   (Chile)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Meningitis, meningococcal; Models, theoretical

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE;

HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL;

EID: 0030072667     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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