Cohort profile: The Tromsø study

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 961-967

  Jacobsen, Bjarne K ^a   Eggen, Anne Elise ^a   Mathiesen, Ellisiv B ^b   Wilsgaard, Tom ^a   Njølstad, Inger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b Faculty of Health Sciences   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISK; PUBLIC HEALTH;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COHORT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; STUDY DESIGN; URINALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NORWAY; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 81855197436     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyr049     Document Type: Article

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