A partial ranking method for identifying repeated inclusion of individuals in anonymized HIV infection reports

Biometrics

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 165-173

  Greenhalgh, David ^a   Doyle, Murray T ^a   Mortimer, Janet ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b Pub Hlth Lab Serv Ctrl Pub H   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; Maximum likelihood; Partial ranking; Repeated counting

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; POPULATION STATISTICS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

DATA SET; HIV INFECTION; HIV/AIDS; MA XIMUM LIKELIHOODS; MAXIMUM-LIKELIHOOD; PARTIAL RANKINGS; PARTIAL-ORDER METHODS; RANKING METHODS; REPEATED COUNTING; Χ+2$/ TEST;

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PREDICTION; REGISTER; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0032904793     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0006-341X.1999.00165.x     Document Type: Article

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