The LifeLines Cohort Study: A resource providing new opportunities for environmental epidemiology

Archives of Public Health

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Zijlema, Wilma L ^a   Smidt, Nynke ^a   Klijs, Bart ^a   Morley, David W ^b   Gulliver, John ^b   de Hoogh, Kees ^b,c,d   Scholtens, Salome ^e   Rosmalen, Judith G M ^a   Stolk, Ronald P ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e The LifeLines Cohort Study   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Environmental exposures; Harmonization; Prospective cohort study

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979697071     PISSN: 07787367     EISSN: 20493258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13690-016-0144-x     Document Type: Article

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