What do epidemiologists mean by 'population mixing'?

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 155-160

  Law, Graham R ^a   Feltbower, Richard G ^a   Taylor, John C ^a,c   Parslow, Roger C ^a   Gilthorpe, Mark S ^a   Boyle, Paul ^b   McKinney, Patricia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Census; Epidemiology; Infections; Leukemia; Population mixing

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFECTION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CENSUSES; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMANS; INFECTION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 45549101551     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.21570     Document Type: Review

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