The law of mass-action in epidemiology: A historical perspective

Ecological Paradigms Lost

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 81-105

  Heesterbeek, Hans ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-012088459-9/50007-8     Document Type: Chapter

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