Enhancing timeliness of drug overdose mortality surveillance: A machine learning approach

Patrick J. Ward; Peter J. Rock; Svetla Slavova; April M. Young; Terry L. Bunn; Ramakanth Kavuluru

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0223318

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Enhancing timeliness of drug overdose mortality surveillance: A machine learning approach

Patrick J. Ward ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: patrickjward@uky.edu

Affiliations Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center, College of Public Health, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7331-1772

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Peter J. Rock,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliations Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center, College of Public Health, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America
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Svetla Slavova,

Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center, College of Public Health, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America, Department of Biostatistics, College of Public Health, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America
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April M. Young,

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America, Center on Drug and Alcohol Research, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America
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Terry L. Bunn,

Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center, College of Public Health, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America, Department of Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health, College of Public Health, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America
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Ramakanth Kavuluru

Roles Methodology, Project administration, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Computer Science, College of Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America, Division of Biomedical Informatics, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America
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Enhancing timeliness of drug overdose mortality surveillance: A machine learning approach

Patrick J. Ward,
Peter J. Rock,
Svetla Slavova,
April M. Young,
Terry L. Bunn,
Ramakanth Kavuluru

Published: October 16, 2019
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223318

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