Using data linkage to identify First Nations Manitobans. Technical, ethical, and political issues

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 96, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages

  Jebamani, Laurel S ^a   Burchill, Charles A ^a   Martens, Patricia J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Health services research; Indians; Manitoba; Medical record linkage; Medical records; North American

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CANADA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDIAN; INFANT; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REGISTER; AMERICAN INDIAN; ETHICS; FACTUAL DATABASE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POLITICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MANITOBA; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MIDDLE AGED; POLITICS; REGISTRIES;

EID: 13744256726     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405313     Document Type: Article

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