Agent-based modeling of noncommunicable diseases: A systematic review

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2015, Pages e20-e31

  Nianogo, Roch A ^a,c   Arah, Onyebuchi A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RISK FACTOR; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84922742551     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302426     Document Type: Review

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