I'm confused about why you think this was not an American study. According to another story about the same study, the leader of the study said:
"Mobility patterns are very important to quantify, because they affect everything from epidemic forecasting to urban road planning," said study lead author Marta C. Gonzalez, a professor at Northeastern University's Center for Complex Network Research. "But despite a big interest, there's been a lack of data, because it's very hard to track movement."
Northeastern U. is in Boston Massachusetts.
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September 12, 2008
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