Housing: demographic and environmental trends
How can the housing be adapted to an ageing population and to meet the challenge of climate change?
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Big Data and Public Health (287 KB , PDF)
Patient health records and other large scale medical and administrative datasets are increasingly being considered as a valuable tool for the study and improvement of health. This POSTnote examines the sources of data, their current and potential uses for health improvement, and the legal and practical issues raised by data use for public health or research purposes.
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Big Data and Public Health (287 KB , PDF)
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