Variability in transmissibility of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic in Canadian communities

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Mostaço Guidolin, Luiz C ^a   Greer, Amy ^b,c   Sander, Beate ^d   Wu, Jianhong ^a   Moghadas, Seyed M ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

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EID: 84857042050     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-4-537     Document Type: Article

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