Observational studies: what is a cohort study?

Jason Tay

From the University of Ottawa Center for Transfusion Research, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Health Research Institute & Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa; Canadian Blood Services, Ottawa; and the Department of Epidemiology, the Department of Medicine, and the Department of Pathology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

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Alan Tinmouth,

Alan Tinmouth

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Jason Tay,

Jason Tay

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Alan Tinmouth,

Alan Tinmouth

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First published: 01 June 2007

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1537-2995.2007.01277.x

Citations: 4

Alan Tinmouth, MD MSc FRCPC, 501 Smyth Road, Box 201, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; e-mail: [email protected].

Alan Tinmouth is supported by a Canadian Blood Services/Canadian Institutes of Health Research Institute New Investigator Award.

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