Sharing confidential data for research purposes: A primer

Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 632-635

  Reiter, Jerome P ^a   Kinney, Satkartar K ^b  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b National Institute of Statistical Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENTIALITY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHICS; INFORMATION; INTERNET; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

CONFIDENTIALITY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION;

EID: 80051479558     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e318225c44b     Document Type: Note

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