The Diabetes Pearl: Diabetes biobanking in the Netherlands

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Van't Riet, Esther ^a,b   Schram, Miranda T ^c   Abbink, Evertine J ^d   Admiraal, Wanda M ^e   Dijk Schaap, Marja W ^f   Holleman, Frits ^e   Nijpels, Giel ^a,b   Özcan, Behiye ^g   Pijl, Hanno ^f   Schaper, Nicolaas C ^c   Sijbrands, Eric J G ^g   Silvius, Bianca ^h   Tack, Cees J ^d   De Valk, Harold W ^h   Wolffenbuttel, Bruce H R ⁱ   Stehouwer, Coen D A ^c   Dekker, Jacqueline M ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biobank; Design; Research infrastructure; The Netherlands; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NETHERLANDS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; RISK FACTOR;

BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84868273953     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-949     Document Type: Article

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