ViPAR: A software platform for the Virtual Pooling and Analysis of Research Data

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 408-416

  Carter, Kim W ^a   Francis, Richard W ^a   Francis, R W ^a   Bresnahan, M ^b,c   Gissler, M ^d,l   Gronborg T K ^e   Gross, R ^f,m   Gunnes, N ^g   Hammond, G ^a   Hornig, M ^b   Hultman, C M ^h   Huttunen, J ⁱ   Langridge, A ^a   Leonard, H ^a   Newman, S ^j   Parner, E T ^e   Petersson, G ^h   Reichenberg, A ^j,k   Sandin, S ^h   Schendel, D E ^e,n   Schalkwyk, L ^j   Sourander, A ^o,p   Steadman, C ^a   Stoltenberg, C ^g,q   Suominen, A ^o   Suren P ^g   Susser, E ^b,c   Sylvester Vethanayagam, A ^e   Yusof, Z ^h   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^f SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^g NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^h KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^j KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^k MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^l NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^m TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

ⁿ H LUNDBECK A S   (Denmark)

^o Turku University   (Finland)

^p TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^q UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

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Author keywords

Data federation; Data pooling; Data sharing; ViPAR

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DATA SET; DATABASE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; MEMORY; OWNERSHIP; RESEARCH WORK; SOFTWARE;

ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; COMPUTER; COMPUTER MEMORY; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SECURITY; DATA BASE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; SAMPLE SIZE; TECHNOLOGY; VIRTUAL POOLING AND ANALYSIS OF RESEARCH; WEB BROWSER;

EID: 84971612069     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyv193     Document Type: Article

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