Design and evaluation of probabilistic record linkage methods supporting the Brazilian 100-million cohort initiative.

ABSTRACT Background and aims A cooperation Brazil-UK was set in mid-2013 aiming at to build a huge cohort comprised by individuals registered in CadastroÚnico (CADU), a socioeconomic database used in social programmes of the Brazilian government. Epidemiologists and statisticians wish to assess the...

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Main Authors: Robespierre Pita, Clicia Pinto, Marcos Barreto, Samila Sena, Rosemeire Fiaccone, Leila Amorim, Mauricio Barreto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Swansea University 2017-04-01
Series:International Journal of Population Data Science
Online Access:https://ijpds.org/article/view/223