Automatic record hash coding and linkage for epidemiological follow-up data confidentiality

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 271-277

  Quantin, C ^a   Bouzelat, H ^a   Allaert, F A ^b   Benhamiche, A M ^c   Faivre, J ^b   Dusserre, L ^a  

^a DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Europ Fed of Medical Informatics ^*

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Epidemiological Survey; Hash coding; Non reversible Encryption; Record Linkage; Security

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CODING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031656168     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1634527     Document Type: Article

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