Cohort profile: the Healthy Life in an Urban Setting (HELIUS) study in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Purpose Ethnic minority groups usually have a more unfavourable disease risk profile than the host population. In Europe, ethnic inequalities in health have been observed in relatively small studies, with limited possibilities to explore underlying causes. The aim of the Healthy Life in an Urban Setting (HELIUS) study is to investigate the causes of (the unequal burden of) diseases across ethnic groups, focusing on three disease categories: cardiovascular diseases, mental health and infectious diseases. Participants The HELIUS study is a prospective cohort study among six large ethnic groups l... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2017 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | BMJ Open ; volume 7, issue 12, page e017873 ; ISSN 2044-6055 2044-6055 |
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Schlagwörter: | General Medicine |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27215538 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017873 |