The Rotterdam Study: 2012 objectives and design update

The Rotterdam Study is a prospective cohort study ongoing since 1990 in the city of Rotterdam in The Netherlands. The study targets cardiovascular, endocrine, hepatic, neurological, ophthalmic, psychiatric, dermatological, oncological, and respiratory diseases. As of 2008, 14,926 subjects aged 45 ye...

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Autores principales: Hofman, Albert, van Duijn, Cornelia M., Franco, Oscar H., Ikram, M. Arfan, Janssen, Harry L. A., Klaver, Caroline C. W., Kuipers, Ernst J., Nijsten, Tamar E. C., Stricker, Bruno H. Ch., Tiemeier, Henning, Uitterlinden, André G., Vernooij, Meike W., Witteman, Jacqueline C. M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Netherlands 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3168750/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21877163
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10654-011-9610-5
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Sumario:The Rotterdam Study is a prospective cohort study ongoing since 1990 in the city of Rotterdam in The Netherlands. The study targets cardiovascular, endocrine, hepatic, neurological, ophthalmic, psychiatric, dermatological, oncological, and respiratory diseases. As of 2008, 14,926 subjects aged 45 years or over comprise the Rotterdam Study cohort. The findings of the Rotterdam Study have been presented in over a 1,000 research articles and reports (see www.erasmus-epidemiology.nl/rotterdamstudy). This article gives the rationale of the study and its design. It also presents a summary of the major findings and an update of the objectives and methods.

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