Cohort profile: The electricity generating authority of Thailand study

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 359-365

  Vathesatogkit, Prin ^a,b   Woodward, Mark ^b   Tanomsup, Supachai ^a   Ratanachaiwong, Wipa ^c   Vanavanan, Somlak ^a   Yamwong, Sukit ^a   Sritara, Piyamitr ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING WORLD; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; HEALTH RISK; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; THAILAND; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

THAILAND;

EID: 84984973564     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyq218     Document Type: Article

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