Population screening for glucose intolerant subjects using decision tree analyses

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 34, Issue SUPPL., 1996, Pages

  Barriga, Katherine J ^a   Hamman, Richard F ^a   Hoag, Sharon ^a   Marshall, Julie A ^a   Shetterly, Susan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

decision trees; Hispanic Americans; impaired glucose tolerance; mass screening; non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION THEORY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0030497726     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8227(96)01300-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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