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These attributes, which provide identifying information about the
patient or subject, are grouped with the patient variable for
purposes of namespace organization. They are modeled after ACR-NEMA
[1] conventions for patient identification. All of
these attributes are optional, and have no default value defined.
- address - String giving the patient's address.
- age - Number giving the patient's age in years.
- birthdate - String specifying the patient's birthdate in the
form ``YYYYMMDD''.
- full_name - String specifying the full name of the patient.
- identification - String specifying identification information
for the patient.
- insurance_id - String giving the patient's insurance plan id.
- other_ids - String giving other identification information for
the patient.
- other_names - String giving other names for the patient.
- sex - String specifying the patient's sex: ``male__'',
``female'' or ``other_''.
- size - Number giving patient's height or length in metres.
- weight - Number patient's weight in kilograms.
Robert VINCENT
2005-05-10