STDSIM: A microsimulation model for decision support in STD control

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Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 84-100

  Van Der Ploeg, Catharina P B ^a   Van Vliet, Carina ^d   De Vlas, Sake J ^d   Ndinya Achola, Jeckoniah O ^b   Fransen, Lieve ^c   Van Oortmarssen, Gerrit J ^d   Habbema, J Dik F ^d  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c DG XII F 6   (Belgium)

^d NONE

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EID: 0039403216     PISSN: 00922102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/inte.28.3.84     Document Type: Article

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