Patterns of transmission of epidemic hysteria in a school.

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Published in Epidemiology on May 01, 1990

Authors

T B Cole1, T L Chorba, J M Horan

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Field Services, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA 30333.

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