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Famous Cohort Studies
Description of historically relevant, medical cohort studies
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02/24/2013

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British Physicians Study
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investigated smoking and lung cancer, mainly among white men of high socioeconomic backgrounds; was not very diverse a study; 1950, PIs = Doll, Hill, Peto
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Framingham Heart Study
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Cardiovascular heart disease investigated as related to exposures such as smoking, cholesterol, blood pressure etc. Includd predominanty white, middle class men and women (N approx. 5000); 1948
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Nurses' Health Study
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Diet and Lifestyle and Cancer investigatory study: 1976, included about 120,000 female nurses aged 30-55; racally and ethnically diverse, but all of higher education
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Tecumseh Health Study
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1960 study investigating lifestyle, environment, respiratory disease among predominantly white, middle class people (N approx. 8000)
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