Travelling-wave analysis of a model describing tissue degradation by bacteria

European Journal of Applied Mathematics

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 583-605

  Hilhorst, D ^a   King, J R ^b   Roger M ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MATHEMATICS IN THE SCIENCES   (Germany)

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EID: 35148868182     PISSN: 09567925     EISSN: 14694425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0956792507007139     Document Type: Article

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