Assessing the privacy risks of data sharing in genomics

Public Health Genomics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-25

  Heeney, C ^a   Hawkins, N ^b   De Vries, J ^a   Boddington, P ^a   Kaye, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Access to information; Confidentiality; Genetic privacy; Genetic research ethics; Genome human; Genomics; Humans; Information dissemination; Informed consent; Internet

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SECURITY; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC PRIVACY; GENETICS; GENOMICS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL SECRECY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 78650415869     PISSN: 16624246     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000294150     Document Type: Article

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