Quantifying the effects of mask metadata disclosure and multiple releases on the confidentiality of geographically masked health data

Geographical Analysis

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 52-76

  Zimmerman, Dale L ^a   Pavlik, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; PROBABILITY;

EID: 37349013341     PISSN: 00167363     EISSN: 15384632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0016-7363.2007.00713.x     Document Type: Article

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