Cost-effective length and timing of school closure during an influenza pandemic depend on the severity

Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Nishiura, Hiroshi ^a   Ejima, Keisuke ^a,b   Mizumoto, Kenji ^a,c   Nakaoka, Shinji ^d   Inaba, Hisashi ^b   Imoto, Seiya ^b   Yamaguchi, Rui ^b   Saito, Masaya M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Institute of Physical and Chemical Research   (Japan)

^e INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL MATHEMATICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SCHOOL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CHILD; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; SCHOOLS;

EID: 84892597518     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4682-11-5     Document Type: Article

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