No place to hide - Reverse identification of patients from published maps [12]

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 355, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 1741-1742

  Brownstein, John S ^a   Cassa, Christopher A ^b   Mandl, Kenneth D ^c  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLICATION; RISK FACTOR; YELLOW FEVER;

CONFIDENTIALITY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MAPS;

EID: 33750089757     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc061891     Document Type: Letter

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