Structured epidemic models and the spread of influenza in the central Canadian Subarctic

Human Biology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 91-115

  Sattenspiel, Lisa ^a   Herring, D Ann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian Subarctic; Infectious Disease; Mathematical Model; Mobility; Population Structure; Spanish Flu

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032007320     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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