A test of homogeneity versus a specified heterogeneity in an epidemic model

Mathematical Biosciences

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 79-99

  Britton, Tom ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; HYPOTHESIS; INFECTION; MODEL; POPULATION;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FAMILY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION;

HABER;

EID: 0030938669     PISSN: 00255564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-5564(96)00170-8     Document Type: Article

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