Applications of small-world network theory in alcohol epidemiology

Journal of Studies on Alcohol

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 591-599

  Braun, Richard J ^a   Wilson, Robert A ^a   Pelesko, John A ^a   Buchanan, J Robert ^a,b   Gleeson, James P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; COLLEGE; COMMUNITY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREVALENCE; RESILIENCE; SELF HELP; SIMULATION; SMALL WORLD NETWORK THEORY; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; STRUCTURED POPULATION; THEORY;

EID: 33744956680     PISSN: 0096882X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsa.2006.67.591     Document Type: Article

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