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Ethical challenges of big data in public health

  Furthermore, this novel approach builds on the idea that information relevant to public health is now increasingly generated directly by the population through their use of online services, without their necessarily having engaged with the health care system [4, 5]. [...]if individuals take person...

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Published in:PLoS computational biology 2015-02, Vol.11 (2), p.e1003904-e1003904
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Humans
Internet access
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Population
Public health
Public Health - ethics
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