Sartwell incubation model
Sartwell incubation model
(sart'wel),mathematic model based on empiric observations, showing that incubation periods for communicable diseases have a log-normal distribution; model holds true for certain kinds of cancers that have well-defined external causes.
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Sart·well in·cu·ba·tion mod·el
(sahrt'wel ing'kyū-bā'shun mod'ĕl)Mathematical model based on empiric observations, showing that incubation periods for communicable diseases have a log-normal distribution; model holds true for certain kinds of cancers that have well-defined external causes.
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Sartwell,
Philip, U.S. epidemiologist, 1908–.Sartwell incubation model - a mathematical model based on empirical observations, showing that incubation periods for communicable diseases have a log-normal distribution.
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