Artificial neural networks based Internet hypertension prediction tool development and validation

Applied Soft Computing Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 734-739

  Polak, Sebastian ^a   Mendyk, Aleksander ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Hypertension risk prediction; Internet

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE; DATABASE SYSTEMS; INTERNET; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CLASSIFICATION RATE; DEMOGRAPHIC DATA SYSTEM; HYPERTENSION;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 34548476952     PISSN: 15684946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asoc.2007.06.001     Document Type: Article

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