Feasibility of cohort studies in Estonia

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 499-502

  Innos, Kaire ^a,b   Rahu, Mati ^a   Rahu, Kaja ^a  

^a Institute of Experimental and Clinical Medicine Tallinn   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Estonia; Population registration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; ESTONIA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IDENTITY; MIGRATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTRATION; VITAL STATISTICS; WORK;

EID: 0033002269     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.56.7.499     Document Type: Article

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