Cohort profile: The Healthy Life in an Urban Setting (HELIUS) study in Amsterdam, the Netherlands

BMJ Open

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2017, Pages

  Snijder, Marieke B ^a   Galenkamp, Henrike ^a   Prins, Maria ^a,b   Derks, Eske M ^a   Peters, Ron J G ^a   Zwinderman, Aeilko H ^a   Stronks, Karien ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b DEPARTMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cardiovascular disease; ethnicity; health inequalities; helius study; infectious disease; mental health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GHANAIAN; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MOROCCAN; NETHERLANDS; OBESITY; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SURINAMESE; TURKISH CITIZEN; ADOLESCENT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTHY LIFESTYLE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HEALTHY LIFESTYLE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85048324366     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017873     Document Type: Article

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