The role of sexually abstained groups in two-sex demographic and epidemic logistic models with non-linear mortality

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 258, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 389-402

  Maxin, Daniel ^a   Milner, Fabio Augusto ^b  

^a VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Isolation; Population models; Sexually transmitted diseases

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; ISOLATED POPULATION; MORTALITY; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION SIZE; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HETEROSEXUALITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 67349249100     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2008.08.027     Document Type: Article

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