Challenges of conducting a large rural prospective population-based cohort study: The keokuk county rural health study

Journal of Agromedicine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 142-149

  Stromquist, Ann ^a   Merchant, James ^a   Zwerling, Craig ^a   Burmeister, Leon ^a   Sanderson, Wayne ^a   Kelly, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural health; Occupational health; Rural cohort study; Rural environmental health; Rural health and safety; Rural longitudinal study; Rural population based study; Rural prospective study

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AGRICULTURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IOWA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68949201527     PISSN: 1059924X     EISSN: 15450813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10599240902897535     Document Type: Conference Paper

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