Screening for asthma by population ranking: A validation study

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 64-70

  Hirsch, Sybil ^a   Frank, Timothy L ^a   Hazell, Michelle ^a   Frank, Peter I ^a  

^a WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma Screening; Expert Opinion; Neural Network; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; ASTHMA; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CODING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; SCREENING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 9644255685     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2004.03.006     Document Type: Article

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