The McKendrick partial differential equation and its uses in epidemiology and population study

Mathematical and Computer Modelling

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1-9

  Keyfitz, B L ^a   Keyfitz, N ^b  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age structured models; McKendrick equation; Reconciliation of population models

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

AGE STRUCTURED MODELS; DEMOGRAPHY; MCKENDRICK PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; POPULATION MODELS;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

EID: 0031235601     PISSN: 08957177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-7177(97)00165-9     Document Type: Article

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