Mathematical Models in Medicine Workshop, Mainz, March 1976 [Paperback]

I. Epidemiology.- 1.1 The incidence of infectious disease under the influence of seasonal fluctuations.- 1.2 Some simple models of the population dynamics of eucaryotic parasites.- 1.3 Abstract model and epidemiological reality of Influenza A.- 1.4 Model of rabies control.- 1.5 Discussion.- II. Cell models.- 2.1 A Markovian configuration model for Carcinogenesis.- 2.2 Branching models for the cell cycle.- 2.3 Formal languages as models for biological growth.- 2.4 Graph rewriting systems and their application in Biology.- Discussion.- III. Pharmacokinetics.- 3.1 A mathematical model of erythropoiesis in man.- 3.2 Simulation of biochemical pathways and its application to Biology and Medicine.- 3.3 Some remarks on the physical basis of Pharmacokinetics.- 3.4 Mathematical models in the study of drug kinetics.- 3.5 On some applications of the eigenvector decomposition principle in pharmacokinetic analysis.- 3.6 A General Approach to Multicompartment Analysis and Models for the Pharmacodynamics.- Discussion.Springer Book Archives