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SUBMITTER: Mollalo A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7442929 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mollalo Abolfazl A Vahedi Behrooz B Bhattarai Shreejana S Hopkins Laura C LC Banik Swagata S Vahedi Behzad B
International journal of medical informatics 20200822
<h4>Objective</h4>Although lower respiratory infections (LRI) are among the leading causes of mortality in the US, their association with underlying factors and geographic variation have not been adequately examined.<h4>Methods</h4>In this study, explanatory variables (n = 46) including climatic, topographic, socio-economic, and demographic factors were compiled at the county level across the continentalUS.Machine learning algorithms - logistic regression (LR), random forest (RF), gradient boost ...[more]