Revision of the European Data Protection Directive: Opportunity or threat for public health monitoring?

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 684-685

  Carinci, Fabrizio ^a   Di Iorio, Concetta Tania ^a   Ricciardi, Walter ^b   Klazinga, Niek ^c   Verschuuren, Marieke ^d  

^a Serectrix Snc   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SECURITY; CONFIDENTIALITY; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH;

COMPUTER SECURITY; CONFIDENTIALITY; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 82355184262     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckr100     Document Type: Note

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