Cohort profile: The Jerusalem longitudinal cohort study

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1464-1469

  Jacobs, Jeremy M ^a   Cohen, Aaron ^a   Bursztyn, Michael ^a   Azoulay, Daniel ^a   Ein mor, Eliana ^a   Stessman, Jochanan ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY;

AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LIFESTYLE; LONGEVITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; AGED; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

ISRAEL; JERUSALEM [ISRAEL];

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LONGEVITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 75349091425     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyn252     Document Type: Article

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