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Nature 411, 509 (31 May 2001) | doi:10.1038/35079243
Data protection law threatens to derail UK epidemiology studies
David Adam
Epidemiological studies in Britain are being crippled by the overzealous application of legislation designed to protect personal data, claim leading researchers in the field. The epidemiologists warn that dozens of studies are under threat because doctors fear prosecution if they hand over information about their patients.
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