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Cancer
Research conducted at M. Rahu and co-researchers has updated our knowledge about cancer
July 26th, 2008
"Since 1996, the Republic of Estonia has had data protection legislation that omits any of the exemptions for the processing of personal data for historical, statistical or scientific purposes provided by EU Directive 95/46/EC. This article describes the consequences of this legislation for public health monitoring and research," scientists in Tallinn, Estonia report. "It assesses how the work of the Estonian Cancer Registry has been impaired, so that available data are now misleading, and examines the impediments that have been placed in the way of legitimate medical research. The article explains how this legislation came to be enacted and considers the reasons why...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2008-07-26)
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