Mathematical tools for planning effective intervention scenarios for sexually transmitted diseases

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 388-394

  Ovaskainen, Otso T ^a   Grenfell, Bryan T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONDOM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METAPOPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROBABILITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 0038193902     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-200305000-00003     Document Type: Article

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