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Proposed clinical indicators for efficient screening and testing for COVID-19 infection using Classification and Regression Trees (CART) analysis

Richard K. Zimmermana Department of Family Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USAView further author information
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Mary Patricia Nowalka Department of Family Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Todd Bearb Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA, USAView further author information
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Rachel Taberb Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA, USAView further author information
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Karen S. Clarkea Department of Family Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USAView further author information
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Theresa M. Saxc Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA, USAView further author information
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Heather Engc Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA, USAView further author information
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Lloyd G. Clarked Department of Pharmacy, UPMC Health System, Pittsburgh, PA, USAView further author information
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G. K. Balasubramanic Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA, USAView further author information
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Pages 1109-1112 | Received 15 Jun 2020, Accepted 03 Sep 2020, Published online: 20 Oct 2020

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