An age-structured model of epidermis growth

Journal of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 111-141

  Gandolfi, Alberto ^a   Iannelli, Mimmo ^b   Marinoschi, Gabriela ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS   (Romania)

Author keywords

Age structure; Cell populations; Nonlinear PDE; Population theory; Stratified epithelium

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651290813     PISSN: 03036812     EISSN: 14321416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00285-010-0330-3     Document Type: Article

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