The Law of Mass Action in Epidemiology
- 1 April 1945
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 31 (4) , 109-116
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.31.4.109
Abstract
The epidemic curve, with allowance for a steady accession of susceptibles, is considered. It is applied to various epidemics of measles for which data are available. The authors doubt that any fixed value is in satisfactory accord with the course of different epidemics.Keywords
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- MONTHLY ESTIMATES OF THE CHILD POPULATION “SUSCEPTIBLE’ TO MEASLES, 1900–1931, BALTIMORE, MD*American Journal of Epidemiology, 1933