Epigrass: A tool to study disease spread in complex networks

Source Code for Biology and Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Coelho, Flávio C ^a   Cruz, Oswaldo G ^a   Codeço, Cláudia T ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

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EID: 41549136965     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17510473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1751-0473-3-3     Document Type: Article

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