Legal issues of data anonymisation in research

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Petra Wilson. BMJ. 2004.

. 2004 May 29;328(7451):1300-1.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1300.

¹ European Health Management Association, Rue De La Science 4, 1000 Brussels, Belgium. petra.wilson@ehma.org

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Presence of bacteriuria caused by trimethoprim resistant bacteria in patients prescribed antibiotics: multilevel model with practice and individual patient data.
Donnan PT, Wei L, Steinke DT, Phillips G, Clarke R, Noone A, Sullivan FM, MacDonald TM, Davey PG. Donnan PT, et al. BMJ. 2004 May 29;328(7451):1297. doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1297. BMJ. 2004. PMID: 15166067 Free PMC article.

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