Modelling and assessing public health policies to counteract Italian measles outbreaks
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چکیده
This study aims to understand, through explanatory research, the key factors that led 2017 measles outbreak in Italy, causes of low level immunisation and possible c...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Simulation and Process Modelling
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1740-2123', '1740-2131']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1504/ijspm.2021.10042481