Stochastic dynamics and a power law for measles variability

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 354, Issue 1384, 1999, Pages 769-776

  Keeling, Matt ^a   Grenfell, Bryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical community size; Measles; Power law; Stochasticity; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033614333     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1999.0429     Document Type: Article

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