A simple guide to chaos and complexity

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 933-937

  Rickles, Dean ^a   Hawe, Penelope ^a   Shiell, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; ERROR ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; MATHEMATICS; PHYSICS;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SCIENCE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY;

MODELS, THEORETICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; SYSTEMS THEORY; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 35848954313     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2006.054254     Document Type: Article

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