Agent-based modeling of noncommunicable diseases: A systematic review

R.A. Nianogo and O.A. Arah

American Journal of Public Health, 2015, vol. 105, issue 3, e20-e31

Abstract: We reviewed the use of agent-basedmodeling (ABM), a systems science method, in understanding noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and their public health risk factors.

Keywords: bibliographic database; chronic disease; epidemiology; evidence based medicine; human; motor activity; risk factor; theoretical model, Chronic Disease; Databases, Bibliographic; Epidemiologic Methods; Evidence-Based Medicine; Humans; Models, Theoretical; Motor Activity; Risk Factors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302426

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