The re-identification risk of Canadians from longitudinal demographics

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  El Emam, Khaled ^a,b   Buckeridge, David ^c   Tamblyn, Robyn ^c   Neisa, Angelica ^a   Jonker, Elizabeth ^a   Verma, Aman ^c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONFIDENTIALITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; POLICY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; CANADA; CONFIDENTIALITY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DISCLOSURE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; POLICY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959341747     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-11-46     Document Type: Article

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