VirSim - a model to support pandemic policy making

PLoS Currents

Volumn , Issue SEP, 2010, Pages

  Fasth, Tobias ^a   Ihlar, Marcus ^a   brouwers, lisa ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

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EID: 78650747040     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21573999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/currents.RRN1181     Document Type: Article

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