Simulation to assess the efficacy of US airport entry screening of passengers for pandemic influenza

International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management

Volumn 12, Issue 2-4, 2009, Pages 290-310

  Brigantic, Robert T ^a   Malone, John D ^a   Muller, George A ^a   Lee, Russell ^b   Kulesz, Jim ^b   Delp, William Woody ^c  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology modelling; False negative; Pandemic influenza; Passenger screening; Probability of detection; Process simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 66549107983     PISSN: 14668297     EISSN: 17415241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijram.2009.025924     Document Type: Article

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