Personally Identifiable Information
"Personally Identifiable Information" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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.
| Descriptor ID |
D000068241
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.880.604.583.080.660
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| Concept/Terms |
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