The golden retriever lifetime study: Establishing an observational cohort study with translational relevance for human health

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 370, Issue 1673, 2015, Pages

  Guy, Michael K ^a   Page, Rodney L ^b   Jensen, Wayne A ^b   Olson, Patricia N ^c   David Haworth, J ^a   Searfoss, Erin E ^a   Brown, Diane E ^a  

^a MORRIS ANIMAL FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c American Humane Association   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Canine; Comparative medicine; Prospective cohort; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CANID; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HEALTH RISK; MEDICINE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET; DOG; DOG DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASMS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; UNITED STATES; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEOPLASMS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84930912117     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2014.0230     Document Type: Review

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