Effects of population mixing on the spread of SIR epidemics

European Physical Journal B

Volumn 50, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 209-214

  Fuks H ^a   Lawniczak, A T ^b   Duchesne, R ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC PROCESSES; POPULATION MIXING;

EPIDEMIOLOGY;

EID: 33645938638     PISSN: 14346028     EISSN: 14346036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epjb/e2006-00136-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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