Micro-simulation of a smallpox outbreak using official register data

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 15, Issue 35, 2010, Pages 1-8

  Brouwers, L ^a,b   Boman, M ^b,c   Camitz, M ^a,d,e   Makila K ^a   Tegnell, A ^f  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; SIMULATION; SMALLPOX; SWEDEN; VACCINATION;

EID: 77957356446     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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