Response in individuals with and without foreign background and application to the National Cohort in Germany: Which factors have an effect?

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 555-563

  Winkler, Volker ^a   Leitzmann, Michael ^b   Obi, Nadia ^c   Ahrens, Wolfgang ^d   Edinger, Thomas ^e   Giani, Guido ^f   Linseisen, Jakob ^g   Löffler, Markus ^h   Michels, Karin ⁱ   Nöthlings, Ute ^j   Schipf, Sabine ^k   Kluttig, Alexander ^l   Wichmann, H Erich ^g   Hoffmann, Barbara ^m   Jöckel, Karl Heinz ⁿ   Becher, Heiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^e Saarländisches Krebsregister   (Germany)

^f Institut für Biometrie und Epidemiologic   (Germany)

^g INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY MEDICINE GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^l MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^m HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Epidemiologic study; German National Cohort (NaKo); Germany; Migrants; Recruitment strategy; Response

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION GROUP; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

COHORT STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION GROUPS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84901311387     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-013-0539-1     Document Type: Article

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