Association rules and data mining in hospital infection control and public health surveillance

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 373-381

  Brossette, Stephen E ^a   Sprague, Alan P ^a   Hardin, J Michael ^a   Waites, Ken B ^a   Jones, Warren T ^a   Moser, Stephen A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Department of Pathology P246 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 0031819979     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.1998.0050373     Document Type: Article

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