Statistical perspectives on confidentiality and data access in public health

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 9-10, 2001, Pages 1347-1356

  Fienberg, Stephen E ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTINGENCY TABLE; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CONFIDENTIALITY; DATABASES; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS;

EID: 0035873984     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.672     Document Type: Article

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