Cohort profile: The Social Environment and Biomarkers of Aging Study (SEBAS) in Taiwan

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 54-63

  Cornman, Jennifer C ^a   Glei, Dana A ^b   Goldman, Noreen ^c   Chang, Ming Cheng ^d   Lin, Hui Sheng ^d   Chuang, Yi Li ^d   Hurng, Baai Shyun ^d   Lin, Yu Hsuan ^d   Lin, Shu Hui ^d   Liu, I Wen ^d   Liu, Hsia Yuan ^d   Weinstein, Maxine ^b  

^a Jennifer C Cornman Consulting   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Ministry of Health and Welfare   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGING; BIOMARKER; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; INTERNET; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; URINE;

AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COHORT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTERVIEW; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS; TAIWAN; URINALYSIS; AGED; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; URINE; VERY ELDERLY;

TAIWAN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BIOMARKERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TAIWAN;

EID: 84964068465     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyu179     Document Type: Article

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