Controlling the spread of disease in schools

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Ridenhour, Benjamin J ^a   Braun, Alexis ^b   Teyrasse, Thomas ^b   Goldsman, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; SCHOOL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; HUMAN; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS;

EID: 84855289007     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029640     Document Type: Article

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