Published on in Vol 22, No 11 (2020): November

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/23139, first published .
Evaluating Identity Disclosure Risk in Fully Synthetic Health Data: Model Development and Validation

Evaluating Identity Disclosure Risk in Fully Synthetic Health Data: Model Development and Validation

Evaluating Identity Disclosure Risk in Fully Synthetic Health Data: Model Development and Validation

Authors of this article:

Khaled El Emam1, 2, 3 Author Orcid Image ;   Lucy Mosquera3 Author Orcid Image ;   Jason Bass3 Author Orcid Image

Journals

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  8. El Emam K, Mosquera L, Fang X, El-Hussuna A. Utility Metrics for Evaluating Synthetic Health Data Generation Methods: Validation Study. JMIR Medical Informatics 2022;10(4):e35734 View
  9. Rodrigues M, Postolache O, Cercas F. Unobtrusive Cardio-Respiratory Assessment for Different Indoor Environmental Conditions. IEEE Sensors Journal 2022;22(23):23243 View
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  11. Banerjee S, Bishop T. dsSynthetic: synthetic data generation for the DataSHIELD federated analysis system. BMC Research Notes 2022;15(1) View
  12. Rajotte J, Bergen R, Buckeridge D, El Emam K, Ng R, Strome E. Synthetic data as an enabler for machine learning applications in medicine. iScience 2022;25(11):105331 View
  13. Girolamo T, Castro N, Hendricks A, Ghali S, Eigsti I. Implementation of Open Science Practices in Communication Sciences and Disorders Research With Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research 2023;66(6):2010 View
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  18. El Emam K. Status of Synthetic Data Generation for Structured Health Data. JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics 2023;(7) View
  19. Kuo N, Garcia F, Sönnerborg A, Böhm M, Kaiser R, Zazzi M, Polizzotto M, Jorm L, Barbieri S. Generating synthetic clinical data that capture class imbalanced distributions with generative adversarial networks: Example using antiretroviral therapy for HIV. Journal of Biomedical Informatics 2023;144:104436 View
  20. Ariana Kia E, Rahimi C, Mohammadi N. Comparing online group therapy based on emotional schema therapy with transdiagnostic therapy in improving distress tolerance and cognitive emotion regulation among university students with adjustment disorders due to romantic break‐ups. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research 2024;24(1):372 View
  21. Alloza C, Knox B, Raad H, Aguilà M, Coakley C, Mohrova Z, Boin É, Bénard M, Davies J, Jacquot E, Lecomte C, Fabre A, Batech M. A Case for Synthetic Data in Regulatory Decision‐Making in Europe. Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics 2023;114(4):795 View
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