The ophthalmic branch of the Gutenberg Health Study: study design, cohort profile and self-reported diseases.

This paper describes the study design, methodology, cohort profile and self-reported diseases in the ophthalmological branch of the Gutenberg Health Study (GHS).The GHS is an ongoing, prospective, interdisciplinary, single-center, population-based cohort study in Germany. The main goals of the ophth...

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Main Authors: René Höhn, Ulrike Kottler, Tunde Peto, Maria Blettner, Thomas Münzel, Stefan Blankenberg, Karl J Lackner, Manfred Beutel, Philipp S Wild, Norbert Pfeiffer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4361691?pdf=render