Federated databases as a basis for infrastructure supporting epidemiological research

Proceedings - International Workshop on Database and Expert Systems Applications, DEXA

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 313-317

  Fomkin, Ruslan ^a   Stenbeck, Magnus ^a   Litton, Jan Eric ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Database infrastructure; Database integration; Epidemiological research; Federated database; Register based research

Indexed keywords

CERVICAL CANCERS; DATA ACCESS; DATA EXTRACTION; DATA SOURCE; DATABASE INFRASTRUCTURE; DATABASE INTEGRATION; FEDERATED DATABASES; ITS DATA; PERSONAL DATA;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXPERT SYSTEMS; POPULATION STATISTICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RESEARCH;

DATABASE SYSTEMS;

EID: 73649111349     PISSN: 15294188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/DEXA.2009.56     Document Type: Conference Paper

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