A simple heuristic for blindfolded record linkage

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 19, Issue E1, 2012, Pages

  Weber, Susan C ^a   Lowe, Henry ^a   Das, Amar ^a   Ferris, Todd ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CONFIDENTIALITY; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; NAMES;

EID: 84863542211     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2011-000329     Document Type: Article

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