Representativeness of the LifeLines cohort study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Klijs, Bart ^a   Scholtens, Salome ^b   Mandemakers, Jornt J ^c   Snieder, Harold ^a   Stolk, Ronald P ^a,b   Smidt, Nynke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b The LifeLines Cohort Study   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DUTCHMAN; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFELINES; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84947788941     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137203     Document Type: Article

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