Recent Developments at Statistics Canada in the Linking of Complex Health Files
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Many of the common social, economic, occupational and environmental health concerns of today are complex and multi-faceted. Census of Population, vital statistics, cancer morbidity, radiation exposure and work histories are important national data sources because of their comprehensiveness and inclusiveness over time. Record linkage is the process of bringing together two or more data sources relating to the same individual, family or entity.
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