A NONLINEAR MATHEMATICAL MODEL FOR ASTHMA: EFFECT OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Subject Areas : Operation Research

NARESHA RAM ¹ , Agraj Tripathi ²

1 - Department of Mathematics, Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur -208002, India
2 - Department of Mathematics, Bhabha Institute of Technology Aonha, Kanpur-209 204, India

Received: 2009-01-01 Accepted : 2009-03-01 Published : 2009-04-01

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