The impact of school holidays on the social mixing patterns of school children

Epidemics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 103-108

  Eames, Ken T D ^a   Tilston, Natasha L ^a   Edmunds, W John ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contact survey; Epidemic model; Infectious diseases; School closure; Social mixing patterns

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; LEISURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTACT TRACING; FAMILY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOLIDAYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955083082     PISSN: 17554365     EISSN: 18780067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epidem.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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