Health, 'small-worlds', fractals and complex networks: An emerging field

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Mutch, W Alan C ^a,b   Lefevre, Gerald R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b ST BONIFACE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

'Small worlds; Complex networks; Fractals; Percolation; Power laws; Residual dispersion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; LONG TERM CARE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHILOSOPHY; PROTEIN INTERACTION;

FRACTALS; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0037495272     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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