Computer algorithm for automated work group classification from free text: The DREAM technique

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-49

  Harber, Philip ^a   Crawford, Lori ^a   Cheema, Amarpreet ^a   Schacter, Levanto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; DOUBLE ROOT EXTENDED AUTOMATED MATCHER; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; PREVENTION STUDY; STANDARD;

ALGORITHMS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; WORK;

EID: 33846258471     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000251826.37828.2e     Document Type: Article

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