Fractal growth of tumors and other cellular populations: Linking the mechanistic to the phenomenological modeling and vice versa

Chaos, Solitons and Fractals

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 875-880

  d'Onofrio, Alberto ^a  

^a EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEAN FIELD THEORY;

CELLULAR GROWTH; CELLULAR POPULATIONS; FRACTAL GROWTH; MACROSCOPIC MODEL; MICROSCOPIC INTERACTION; ORIGINAL MODEL; PHENOMENOLOGICAL MODELING; PHENOMENOLOGICAL MODELS;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

EID: 67349108817     PISSN: 09600779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chaos.2008.04.014     Document Type: Article

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