Design and methodology of the Swiss Transplant Cohort Study (STCS): A comprehensive prospective nationwide long-term follow-up cohort

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 347-355

  Koller, Michael T ^a,h   Van Delden, Christian ^b   Müller, Nicolas J ^c   Baumann, Philippe ^b   Lovis, Christian ^b   Marti, Hans Peter ^d   Fehr, Thomas ^c   Binet, Isabelle ^e   De Geest, Sabina ^f   Bucher, Heiner C ^a   Meylan, Pascal ^g   Pascual, Manuel ^g   Steiger, Jürg ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e Kantonsspital   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^g LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cohort; Design; Outcome research; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECIPIENT; RETRANSPLANTATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SWISS TRANSPLANT COHORT STUDY; SWITZERLAND;

ADULT; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWITZERLAND; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 84877983360     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-012-9754-y     Document Type: Article

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