Exploring the risk factors of preterm birth using data mining

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 5384-5387

  Chen, Hsiang Yang ^a   Chuang, Chao Hua ^b   Yang, Yao Jung ^a   Wu, Tung Pi ^c  

^a HSING KUO UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG JUNG CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAINAN SIN LAU HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Data mining; Decision tree; Neural network; Preterm birth

Indexed keywords

BODY WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDY; LIFE STYLES; MEDICAL DATA; MEDICAL HISTORY; NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRETERM BIRTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH GROUPS; RISK FACTORS;

DATA MINING; DECISION TREES; HEALTH RISKS; OBSTETRICS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 79151480505     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2010.10.017     Document Type: Article

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