Forecasting versus projection models in epidemiology: The case of the SARS epidemics

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-22

  Massad, Eduardo ^a,b   Burattini, Marcelo N ^a   Lopez, Luis F ^a   Coutinho, Francisco A B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CANADA; COMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIC; EVOLUTION; FORECASTING; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SIMULATION;

EID: 18944372181     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2004.09.029     Document Type: Article

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