An anthropological problem, a complex solution

Human Organization

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 411-418

  Agar, Michael ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Friends Social Research Center   (United States)

^c Ethknoworks   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based models; Complexity; Epidemiology; Substance use

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; DRUG USER; RESEARCH; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 14644406832     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/humo.63.4.gtkey4r12ftbyfxw     Document Type: Article

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