County lung cancer mortality: A decision tree model for control and prevention

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages E1-E9

  Kanarek, Norma ^a   Fitzek, Brian ^a   Su, Shu Chih ^d   Jia, Haomiao ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BASSETT HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

CART; Counties; County level health; Ecologic study; Epidemiology; Etiology; Local health planning; Lung cancer; Public health practice; Smoking prevalence; United States

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; COMMUNITY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DECISION TREE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG CANCER; POVERTY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SMOKING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; DECISION TREES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; POVERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 48149088657     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: 15505022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000324575.81942.6a     Document Type: Article

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