Record linkage

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Computational Statistics

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 535-543

  Herzog, Thomas H ^a   Scheuren, Fritz ^b   Winkler, William E ^c  

^a Health Policy for the National Association of Insurance Commissioners   (United States)

^b University of Chicago   (United States)

^c U S CENSUS BUREAU   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECORD LINKAGE; UNIQUE IDENTIFIERS;

EID: 78651575464     PISSN: 19395108     EISSN: 19390068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wics.108     Document Type: Review

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