Recruitment procedures of EPIC-Germany

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 205-215

  Boeing, Heiner ^a   Korfmann, A ^b   Bergmann, M M ^a  

^a GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Participation rate; Population; Recruitment; Selection factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032761894     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000012787     Document Type: Review

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