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Cohort Profile Update: Lifelines, a three-generation cohort study and biobank

A. Sijtsma, J. Rienks, P. van der Harst, G. Navis, J. Rosmalen, A. Dotinga

International Journal of Epidemiology, 2021

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Abstract

Cohort Profile Update: Lifelines, a threegeneration cohort study and biobank Anna Sijtsma,* Johanna Rienks , Pim van der Harst, Gerjan Navis, Judith GM Rosmalen and Aafje Dotinga Lifelines Cohort Study, Roden, The Netherlands, Department of Cardiology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands, Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, Department of Nephrology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands and Departments of Psychiatry and Internal Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

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