Classification trees and logistic regression applied to prognostic studies: A comparison using meningococcal disease as an example

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 248-251

  Werneck, Guilherme L ^a   De Carvalho, Diana M ^b   Barroso, David E ^b   Cook, Earl F ^a   Walker, Alexander M ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b SPH1 ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FATALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 0032838827     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/45.4.248     Document Type: Article

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