A note on heroin epidemics.
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چکیده
We show that the steady states of the White and Comiskey [E. White, C. Comiskey, Heroin epidemics, treatment and ODE modelling, Math. Biosci. 208 (2007) 312-324.] model of heroin epidemics are stable.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Mathematical biosciences
دوره 218 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009