Mathematical models as tools for evaluating the effectiveness of interventions: a comment on Levin.

• Published in: Clinical Infectious Diseases
• Main Author: Kristinsson, KG
• Other Authors: Department of Microbiology, National University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland. [e-mail]
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The University of Chicago Press 2008
• Subjects: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Drug Resistance; Bacterial; Hospitals; Humans; Mathematical Computing; Models; Biological; Residence Characteristics; Levin; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2336/33573; https://doi.org/10.1086/321845

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