Mathematical Models of Isolation and Quarantine

JAMA

Volumn 290, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 2876-2877

  Castillo Chavez, Carlos ^a   Castillo Garsow, Carlos W ^b   Yakubu, Abdul Aziz ^c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CHICKENPOX; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE MODEL; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SOCIAL ASPECT; ARTICLE; PATIENT CARE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATIENT ISOLATION; QUARANTINE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

EID: 0642315431     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.290.21.2876     Document Type: Note

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