Nonlinear systems in medicine

Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 247-260

  Higgins, John P ^a  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE;

BIOLOGY; CALCULATION; CHAOTIC DYNAMICS; DATA ANALYSIS; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HEALTH; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MEDICINE; METABOLISM; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; THEORY;

CYTOKINES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MEDICINE; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; SYSTEMS THEORY;

GOES;

EID: 0142123310     PISSN: 00440086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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