Tracing the diffusion of infectious diseases in the transport sector

Population Mobility and Infectious Disease

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 131-156

  Apostolopoulos, Yorghos ^a   Sönmez, Sevil ^b  

^a CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 79957836293     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-49711-2_8     Document Type: Chapter

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