Social network analysis and agent-based modeling in social epidemiology

Epidemiologic Perspectives and Innovations

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  El Sayed, Abdulrahman M ^a,b,c   Scarborough, Peter ^a   Seemann, Lars ^d   Galea, Sandro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c University of Houston ^*  (United States)

^d University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex systems; epidemiology; ethnicity; modeling; networks; social class; social factors

Indexed keywords

AGENT BASED MODEL; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; MODEL; POPULATION RESEARCH; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL NETWORK;

EID: 84856385820     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17425573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-5573-9-1     Document Type: Article

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