Risk of re-identification of epigenetic methylation data: A more nuanced response is needed

Clinical Epigenetics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Joly, Yann ^a   Dyke, Stephanie O M ^a   Cheung, Warren A ^a   Rothstein, Mark A ^b   Pastinen, Tomi ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Data sharing; Epigenome; Policy; Privacy

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LETTER; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 84983077442     PISSN: 18687075     EISSN: 18687083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13148-015-0079-z     Document Type: Letter

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