Mainstreaming modeling and simulation to accelerate public health innovation

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1181-1186

  Maglio, Paul P ^a   Sepulveda, Martin J ^b   Mabry, Patricia L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b IBM RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOPERATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MANAGEMENT; METHODOLOGY; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SYSTEMS THEORY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PLANNING; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OBESITY; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH DESIGN; SYSTEMS THEORY;

EID: 84902665550     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.301873     Document Type: Article

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