Use of an artificial neural network in estimating prevalence and assessing underdiagnosis of asthma

Neural Computing and Applications

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 124-128

  Hirsch, Sybil ^a,b   Shapiro, Jonathan ^b   Frank, Peter ^a  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Epidemiology; Prevalence; Screening; Sensitvity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

EID: 21744456057     PISSN: 09410643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01501176     Document Type: Article

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