Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 53, Issue 8 , Pages 838-846 , August 2000

Chin-Shan Community Cardiovascular Cohort in Taiwan–baseline data and five-year follow-up morbidity and mortality

  • Yuan-Teh Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan 100
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: 886-2-2356-2000; fax: 886-2-2321-7522. E-mail address:
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  • Ruey S Lin

      Affiliations

    • National Taiwan University College of Public Health, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Fung C Sung

      Affiliations

    • National Taiwan University College of Public Health, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Chi-Yu Yang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan 100
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  • Kuo-Liong Chien

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan 100
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  • Wen-Jone Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan 100
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  • Ta-Chen Su

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan 100
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  • Hsiu-Ching Hsu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan 100
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  • Yuh-Chen Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan 100

Received 27 October 1997 ,Revised 23 November 1999 ,Accepted 10 January 2000.

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Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
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