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Cohort Studies

In: Handbook of Epidemiology

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  • Anthony B. Miller

    (University of Toronto, Department of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine)

  • David C. Goff Jr.

    (Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Public Health Sciences and Internal Medicine)

  • Karin Bammann

    (Bremen Institute for Prevention Research and Social Medicine (BIPS), Division of Biometry and Data Management)

  • Pascal Wild

    (INRS, Département Epidémiologie en Entreprises)

Abstract

This chapter summarises our basic understanding of cohort studies, a type of observational epidemiology study that some have also called longitudinal, or prospective. A cohort study evaluates the risk of disease or disease-related outcome in a population that is characterised in terms of relevant risk factors or exposures, placed under observation, and followed for some time until disease develops or not. In contrast to its classical counterpart, the case-control study (cf. Chap. I.6 of this handbook), cohort studies can relate multiple diseases to the exposure or exposures identified. On the other hand, cohort studies are frequently restricted to a limited number of exposures and potential confounders that can be included in the study, if historical data is used.

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  • Anthony B. Miller & David C. Goff Jr. & Karin Bammann & Pascal Wild, 2005. "Cohort Studies," Springer Books, in: Wolfgang Ahrens & Iris Pigeot (ed.), Handbook of Epidemiology, chapter 0, pages 253-285, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-540-26577-1_6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-26577-1_6
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