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Record 1 2013-08-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Research Methods
  • Medicine and Health
DEF

A research study that follows over time groups of individuals who are alike in many ways but differ by a certain characteristic (for example, female nurses who smoke and those who do not smoke) and compares them for a particular outcome (such as lung cancer).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes de recherche scientifique
  • Médecine et santé
DEF

Étude de cohorte qui suit, pendant une certaine durée, un groupe d’individus similaires («cohorte»), mais qui diffèrent au niveau de plusieurs facteurs à l’étude, afin de déterminer comment ces facteurs affectent les taux d’un résultat donné.

Spanish

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