Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
Volume 45, Issue 1 , Pages 1-10 , January 2009

Classification tree modeling to identify severe and moderate vehicular injuries in young and middle-aged adults

  • Linda J. Scheetz

      Affiliations

    • New York University, College of Nursing, 246 Greene Street, Mail Code 5400, New York, NY 10003, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 212 998 5310; fax: +1 212 995 4679.
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  • Juan Zhang

      Affiliations

    • Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Global Biometric Sciences – Exploratory Development, Route 206 & Province Line Road, Princeton, NJ 08543, United States
    • ,
  • John Kolassa

      Affiliations

    • Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Department of Statistics, 110 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, United States

Received 1 February 2008 ,Revised 31 October 2008 ,Accepted 3 November 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.artmed.2008.11.002

Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
Volume 45, Issue 1 , Pages 1-10 , January 2009

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