DataSHIELD: An ethically robust solution to multiple-site individual-level data analysis

Public Health Genomics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 87-96

  Budin Ljøsne, Isabelle ^a   Burton, Paul ^b,c   Isaeva, Julia ^a   Gaye, Amadou ^b,c   Turner, Andrew ^b,c   Murtagh, Madeleine J ^b,c   Wallace, Susan ^c   Ferretti, Vincent ^d   Harris, Jennifer R ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d ONTARIO INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biobank; Data sharing; DataSHIELD; Epidemiological research; Ethics; IRB review; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFIDENTIALITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DATA PROCESSING; DATASHIELD; ETHICS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ACCESS TO INFORMATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PROCEDURES; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CONFIDENTIALITY; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION;

EID: 84924231828     PISSN: 16624246     EISSN: 16628063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000368959     Document Type: Article

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