TY - BOOK ID - 80833928 TI - Applications of epidemiological models to public health policymaking PY - 2014 SN - 9789814522359 981452235X 9789814522342 9814522341 PB - New Jersey DB - UniCat KW - Public health surveillance. KW - Health risk assessment KW - Communicable diseases KW - Epidemiology KW - Contagion and contagious diseases KW - Contagious diseases KW - Infectious diseases KW - Microbial diseases in human beings KW - Zymotic diseases KW - Diseases KW - Infection KW - Epidemics KW - Assessment, Health risk KW - Health hazard appraisal KW - Health hazard assessment KW - Health risk appraisal KW - HRA (Public health) KW - Human risk assessment KW - Medicine, Preventive KW - Public health KW - Risk assessment KW - Environmental health KW - Population surveillance (Public health) KW - Surveillance, Public health KW - Government policy. KW - Mathematical models. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:80833928 AB - Mathematical models can be very helpful to understand the transmission dynamics of infectious diseases. This book presents examples of epidemiological models and modeling tools that can assist policymakers to assess and evaluate disease control strategies. Contents: Development and Analysis of Models for Infectious Diseases; Application of Models to Real Disease Data; User-Friendly Modeling Tools for Public Health Policymakers. Readership: Researchers in mathematical biology, mathematical modeling, infectious diseases and complex systems. ER -