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

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