The feasibility of age-specific travel restrictions during influenza pandemics

Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Lam, Elson H Y ^a   Cowling, Benjamin J ^a   Cook, Alex R ^b,c   Wong, Jessica Y T ^a   Lau, Max S Y ^a   Nishiura, Hiroshi ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; PANDEMIC; PROBABILITY; STATISTICS; TRAVEL;

AGE FACTORS; AIRCRAFT; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PANDEMICS; PROBABILITY; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TRAVEL;

EID: 81055150385     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4682-8-44     Document Type: Article

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