Danish Nurse Cohort Study
Initiatives
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To assess risk factors for cancer and cardiovascular diseases, with a particular interest in effects of oral contraceptives, use of hormones, cigarette smoking and other lifestyle factors.
- Start Year
- 1993
- End Year
- 2009
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Design
- Study design
- Population cohort
- Follow Up
- First follow-up: In 1999, a new questionnaire survey was sent to the original cohort, and to all nurses who had reached the age of 44 years since 1993. Second Follow-up: In 2009, the second follow-up survey wassent to all women who had participated in the two previous surveys.
Marker Paper
Hundrup YA, Simonsen MK, Jørgensen T, Obel EB. Cohort profile: the Danish nurse cohort. Int J Epidemiol. 2012 Oct;41(5):1241-7. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyr042. Epub 2011 Mar 18.
PUBMED 21421694
Recruitment
- Sources of Recruitment
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- Individuals
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 19,898
- Number of participants with biosamples
- Supplementary Information
- Nurses
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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Availability of access information
By contacting the study representative