Harmonizing data for collaborative research on aging: Why should we foster such an Agenda?

Canadian Journal on Aging

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 95-99

  Fortier, Isabel ^a,b   Doiron, Dany ^b   Wolfson, Christina ^c   Raina, Parminder ^d  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b Public Population Project in Genomics   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COOPERATION; DATA BASE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD;

AGING; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CANADA; COHORT STUDIES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DATABASES AS TOPIC; HUMANS;

EID: 84857846535     PISSN: 07149808     EISSN: 17101107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0714980811000729     Document Type: Article

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