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Table 1 Examples of unique identifiers

From: The development of large-scale de-identified biomedical databases in the age of genomics—principles and challenges

Uniquely identifying fields

Remarks

National ID (or SSN)

 

Name

Names of patients and caregivers

Email

 

Source ID

Hospital/Biobank-assigned IDs

Passport number

 

Exact address

 
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Human Genomics

ISSN: 1479-7364