Challenges in interpreting wheeze phenotypes: The clinical implications of statistical learning techniques

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 121-123

  Belgrave, Danielle ^a,b   Simpson, Angela ^a   Custovic, Adnan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ASTHMA; CHEST TIGHTNESS; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COUGHING; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MACHINE LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHEEZING;

ASTHMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84892645769     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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