The sixth survey of the Tromsø Study (Tromsø 6) in 2007–08: Collaborative research in the interface between clinical medicine and epidemiology: Study objectives, design, data collection procedures, and attendance in a multipurpose population-based health survey

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 65-80

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Attendance; biological specimen; cohort studies; data collection; epidemiological methods; health survey management; prospective study; questionnaires; risk factors; study design

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL MEDICINE; COOPERATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL MEDICINE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESEARCH DESIGN;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872960250     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494812469851     Document Type: Article

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