Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 55, Issue 2 , Pages 150-156 , February 2002

Comparison of cause-specific mortality between respondents and nonrespondents in a population-based prospective study: Ten-year follow-up of JPHC Study Cohort I

  • Megumi Hara

      Affiliations

    • Epidemiology and Biostatistics Division, National Cancer Center Research Institute East, Chiba, Japan
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  • Satoshi Sasaki

      Affiliations

    • Epidemiology and Biostatistics Division, National Cancer Center Research Institute East, Chiba, Japan
    • ,
  • Tomotaka Sobue

      Affiliations

    • Cancer Epidemiology Section, Cancer Information and Epidemiology Division, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Seiichiro Yamamoto

      Affiliations

    • Cancer Epidemiology Section, Cancer Information and Epidemiology Division, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Shoichiro Tsugane

      Affiliations

    • Epidemiology and Biostatistics Division, National Cancer Center Research Institute East, Chiba, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81-471-34-6854; fax: +81-471-34-6862.
    • ,
  • for the JPHC Study Group

Received 4 January 2001 ,Revised 24 June 2001 ,Accepted 12 July 2001.

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Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 55, Issue 2 , Pages 150-156 , February 2002

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