作者
Henry Völzke, Dietrich Alte, Carsten Oliver Schmidt, Dörte Radke, Roberto Lorbeer, Nele Friedrich, Nicole Aumann, Katharina Lau, Michael Piontek, Gabriele Born, Christoph Havemann, Till Ittermann, Sabine Schipf, Robin Haring, Sebastian E Baumeister, Henri Wallaschofski, Matthias Nauck, Stephanie Frick, Andreas Arnold, Michael Jünger, Julia Mayerle, Matthias Kraft, Markus M Lerch, Marcus Dörr, Thorsten Reffelmann, Klaus Empen, Stephan B Felix, Anne Obst, Beate Koch, Sven Gläser, Ralf Ewert, Ingo Fietze, Thomas Penzel, Martina Dören, Wolfgang Rathmann, Johannes Haerting, Mario Hannemann, Jürgen Röpcke, Ulf Schminke, Clemens Jürgens, Frank Tost, Rainer Rettig, Jan A Kors, Saskia Ungerer, Katrin Hegenscheid, Jens-Peter Kühn, Julia Kühn, Norbert Hosten, Ralf Puls, Jörg Henke, Oliver Gloger, Alexander Teumer, Georg Homuth, Uwe Völker, Christian Schwahn, Birte Holtfreter, Ines Polzer, Thomas Kohlmann, Hans J Grabe, Dieter Rosskopf, Heyo K Kroemer, Thomas Kocher, Reiner Biffar, Ulrich John, Wolfgang Hoffmann
发表日期
2011/4/1
期刊
International journal of epidemiology
卷号
40
期号
2
页码范围
294-307
出版商
Oxford University Press
简介
Although in the past century mortality in West Germany decreased similarly as in other Western nations, these changes were less pronounced in East Germany. 1, 2 After German reunification in 1990, there was a lack of scientifically valid data from East Germany to explain the regional differences in life expectancy and, consequently, a need for population-based research in northeast Germany.
Previous population-based studies focused mainly on specific diseases. Comparatively narrow examination programmes with time-consuming assessments may lead to a poor response. A design is needed that combines a high response with a broad and time-consuming spectrum of different health examinations. One approach might be a cohort design that includes moderately time-consuming health examinations in a first wave and, after compliance has been established, offers more time-demanding examinations in …
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