Prevention and medication of HIV/AIDS: The case of Botswana

Central European Journal of Operations Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-61

  Almeder, Christian ^a   Feichtinger, Gustav ^b   Sanderson, Warren C ^c   Veliov, Vladimir M ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS AND INFORMATICS   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Age distribution; Botswana; HIV AIDS; Mathematical model; Prevention and treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547245346     PISSN: 1435246X     EISSN: 16139178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10100-006-0018-3     Document Type: Article

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