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Descriptor English: Personally Identifiable Information
Descriptor Spanish: Información Personal
Descriptor información personal identificable
Scope note: La información que puede ser utilizada para distinguir o rastrear la identidad de un individuo, ya sea solo o cuando se combina con otra información personal o de identificación que está vinculada o se puede hacer vinculo a un individuo específico.
Descriptor Portuguese: Informações Pessoalmente Identificáveis
Descriptor French: Données personnelles
Tree number(s): I01.880.604.583.080.660
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000068241
Scope note: Information that can be used to distinguish or trace an individual’s identity, either alone or when combined with other personal or identifying information that is linked or linkable to a specific individual.
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods
OG organization & administration
SD supply & distribution
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Public MeSH Note: 2016
History Note: 2016
Related: Data Anonymization MeSH
DeCS ID: 56162
Unique ID: D000068241
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2016/01/01
Date of Entry: 2015/07/06
Revision Date: 2015/06/29
Personally Identifiable Information - Preferred
Concept UI M000602183
Scope note Information that can be used to distinguish or trace an individual’s identity, either alone or when combined with other personal or identifying information that is linked or linkable to a specific individual.
Preferred term Personally Identifiable Information



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