Mortality and cancer incidence in the EPIC-NL cohort: Impact of the healthy volunteer effect

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 144-149

  Struijk, Ellen A ^a,b   May, Anne M ^a   Beulens, Joline W J ^a   Van Gils, Carla H ^a   Monninkhof, Evelyn M ^a   Van Der Schouw, Yvonne T ^a   Verschuren, Monique W M ^b   Boer, Jolanda M A ^b   Bueno De Mesquita, Bas H ^a,b   Peeters, Petra H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL BIAS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922463498     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cku045     Document Type: Review

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