Privacy-preserving record linkage using Bloom filters

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Combining multiple databases with disjunctive or additional information on the same person is occurring increasingly throughout research. If unique identification numbers for these individuals are not available, probabilistic record...

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Main Authors: Reiher Jörg, Bachteler Tobias, Schnell Rainer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-08-01
Series:BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6947/9/41