Contact tracing strategies in heterogeneous populations

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 443-454

  Eames, K T D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PATIENT INFORMATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CONTACT TRACING; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 33947356152     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268806006923     Document Type: Article

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