Travelling wave solutions for an infection-age structured model with diffusion

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 459-482

  Ducrot, A ^a   Magal, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU HAVRE   (France)

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EID: 70149097795     PISSN: 03082105     EISSN: 14737124     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0308210507000455     Document Type: Article

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