An overview of the Canadian Study of Health and Aging

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作者
McDowell, I [1 ]
Hill, G [1 ]
Lindsay, J [1 ]
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[1] Univ Ottawa, Dept Epidemiol & Community Med, Ottawa, ON K1H 8M5, Canada
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10.1017/S1041610202007949
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B849 [应用心理学];
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040203 ;
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The Canadian Study of Health and Aging is a multicenter, population-based cohort study of dementia with a sample of 10,263 participants aged 65 or over. Field work began in 1991, and a follow-up study was undertaken in 1996-97. The present article describes the origins and objectives of, the study, provides an overview of its design, organization, and data collection methods, and offers a brief summary of the main results.
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