Using decision trees to understand the influence of individual- and neighborhood-level factors on urban diabetes and asthma.

Affiliation

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health, Temple University, Rm 907, 1301 Cecil B. Moore Ave, Philadelphia, PA, 19122, USA; Water Health and Applied Microbiology Lab (WHAM-Lab), Temple University, Rm 907, 1301 Cecil B. Moore Ave, Philadelphia, PA, 19122, USA. Electronic address: [Email]

Abstract

To determine the influence of individual and neighborhood factors that combined are associated with asthma and diabetes in a sample of urban Philadelphians using data mining, a novel technique in public health research.

Keywords

Asthma,Community health,Data mining,Decision tree,Diabetes,Urban revitalization,