Modelling gender differences in drug abuse epidemics

DOI10.1007/s40819-017-0477-3zbMath1383.92085OpenAlexW2783450233MaRDI QIDQ1700484

E. T. Ngarakana-Gwasira, Phillip Mafuta, Farai Nyabadza, Josiah Mushanyu

Publication date: 6 March 2018

Published in: International Journal of Applied and Computational Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40819-017-0477-3

zbMATH Keywords

drug abuseleast squares curve fittinggender differencesabuse reproduction number

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Epidemiology (92D30) Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis (62P10)

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Dynamic analysis based on the relapse rate of drug epidemic model, Dynamics of illicit drug use and banditry population with optimal control strategies and cost-effectiveness analysis

Uses Software

• Matlab

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