DataSHIELD - shared individual-level analysis without sharing the data: A biostatistical perspective

Norsk Epidemiologi

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 231-239

  Jones, E M ^a   Sheehan, N A ^a   Masca, N ^a   Wallace, S E ^a   Murtagh, M J ^a   Burton, P R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Public Population Project in Genomics P3G   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; CLINICAL DATA REPOSITORY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SECURITY; CONFIDENTIALITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; HUMAN; LINEAR SYSTEM; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PATIENT INFORMATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 84863003465     PISSN: 08032491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5324/nje.v21i2.1499     Document Type: Article

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