Roles of mathematical modelling in epidemiology;Les roles de la modelisation en epidemiologie

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences - Serie III

Volumn 323, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 429-433

  Valleron, Alain Jacques ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Aids; BSE; Epidemiology; Mathematical models; Viral hepatitis C

Indexed keywords

CANCER; DYNAMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEPATITIS C; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFLUENZA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRION DISEASE; SHORT SURVEY; SMALLPOX; ADULT; ARTICLE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; VARIOLA VIRUS;

ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RESEARCH DESIGN; SMALLPOX;

EID: 0034077311     PISSN: 07644469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0764-4469(00)00153-0     Document Type: Review

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