The Ohsaki cohort 2006 study: Design of study and prole of participants at baseline

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 253-258

  Kuriyama, Shinichi ^a   Nakaya, Naoki ^a   Ohmori Matsuda, Kaori ^a   Shimazu, Taichi ^a,b   Kikuchi, Nobutaka ^a   Kakizaki, Masako ^a   Sone, Toshimasa ^a   Sato, Fumi ^a   Nagai, Masato ^a   Sugawara, Yumi ^a   Tomata, Yasutake ^a   Akhter, Munira ^a,b   Higashiguchi, Mizuka ^a   Fukuchi, Naru ^a   Takahashi, Hideko ^a   Hozawa, Atsushi ^a   Tsuji, Ichiro ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Long term care insurance; Population based; Psychosocial factors; Study design; The Ohsaki Cohort 2006 study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, LONG-TERM CARE; JAPAN; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77953713376     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.JE20090093     Document Type: Article

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