Probabilistic record linkage: Relationships between file sizes, identifiers, and match weights

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 196-203

  Cook, L J ^a   Olson, L M ^a   Dean, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Confidentiality; Match weights; Probabilistic record linkage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WEIGHT;

EID: 0034915752     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1634155     Document Type: Article

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