Beware of multiple names in database linkage research: prevalence of aliases in female prison population

BMJ. 2005 Aug 6;331(7512):335-6. doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7512.335.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • British Columbia
  • Databases, Factual / standards*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Information Storage and Retrieval
  • Names*
  • Poisson Distribution
  • Prisoners / classification*
  • Prisons / statistics & numerical data*
  • Research Design
  • Women*