Preparation of name and address data for record linkage using hiddenMarkov models

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 1-16

  Churches, Tim ^a   Christen, Peter ^b   Lim, Kim ^a   Zhu, Justin Xi ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RECORD; PROBABILITY; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 84884417241     PISSN: 14726947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-2-1     Document Type: Article

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