Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Optimal Control Measures for Tuberculosis
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of optimal control measures for tuberculosis.
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عنوان ژورنال: Bulletin of Mathematical Biology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0092-8240,1522-9602
DOI: 10.1007/s11538-014-0028-6