Representativeness of the LifeLines Cohort Study.

BACKGROUND:LifeLines is a large prospective population-based three generation cohort study in the north of the Netherlands. Different recruitment strategies were adopted: recruitment of an index population via general practitioners, subsequent inclusion of their family members, and online self-regis...

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Main Authors: Bart Klijs, Salome Scholtens, Jornt J Mandemakers, Harold Snieder, Ronald P Stolk, Nynke Smidt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4557968?pdf=render