The transmission and persistence of 'urban legends': Sociological application of age-structured epidemic models

Journal of Mathematical Sociology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 299-323

  Noymer, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Rumors Age structure; Rumors Mathematical models; Rumors persistence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035650319     PISSN: 0022250X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0022250X.2001.9990256     Document Type: Article

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