The effect of data cleaning on record linkage quality

Background: Within the field of record linkage, numerous data cleaning and standardisation techniques are employed to ensure the highest quality of links. While these facilities are common in record linkage software packages and are regularly deployed across record linkage units, little work has bee...

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Main Authors: Randall, Sean, Ferrante, Anna, Boyd, James, Semmens, James
Format: Journal Article
Published: Biomed Central Ltd 2013
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Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6947/13/64
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/17174