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Predicting smear negative pulmonary tuberculosis with classification trees
and logistic regression: a cross-sectional study
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:43 doi:-2458-6-43
Fernanda C Q Mello ( ******@ )
Luiz Gustavo V Bastos ( gvbastos@ )
Sergio Luiz M Soares ( ******@.br )
Valeria M C Rezende ( vmrezende@ )
Marcus B Conde ( ******@ )
Richard E Chaisson ( ******@ )
Afranio L Kritski ( kritskia@ )
Antonio to ( ******@ )
Guilherme L Werneck ( ******@ )
ISSN 1471-2458
Article type Research article
Submission date 6 Jun 2005
Acceptance date 23 Feb 2006
Publication date 23 Feb 2006
Article URL 1-2458/6/43
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Predicting smear negative pulmonary tuberculosis
with classification trees and logistic regression: a
cross-sectional study
Fernanda Carvalho de Queiroz Mello1, Luiz Gustavo do Valle Bastos1, Sérgio Luiz
Machado Soares1, Valéria M. C. Rezende1, Marcus Barreto Conde1, Richard E.
Chaisson2, Afrânio Lineu Kritski1, Antonio to3, Guilherme Lour