Seven-days-ahead forecasting of childhood asthma admissions using artificial neural networks in Athens, Greece

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 93-104

  Moustris, Kostas P ^a   Douros, Konstantinos ^b   Nastos, Panagiotis T ^c   Larissi, Ioanna K ^a   Anthracopoulos, Michael B ^d   Paliatsos, Athanasios G ^a   Priftis, Kostas N ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^e PENTELI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

artificial neural networks; Athens; childhood asthma; forecasting; Greece

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; ASTHMA; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOCLIMATOLOGY; CHILD HEALTH; FORECASTING METHOD; HOSPITAL SECTOR; METEOROLOGY; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR TEMPERATURE; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; ASTHMA; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLOUDINESS; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GLOBAL RADIATION; GREECE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; SUNSHINE; WIND SPEED;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTANTS; ASTHMA; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GREECE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SULFUR DIOXIDE; WEATHER;

ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; GREECE;

EID: 84859169079     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: 13691619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603123.2011.605876     Document Type: Article

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