Open AccessMortality and cancer incidence in the EPIC-NL cohort: impact of the healthy volunteer effect
Author(s) -
Ellen A. Struijk,
Anne M. May,
Joline W. J. Beulens,
Carla H. van Gils,
Evelyn M. Monninkhof,
Yvonne T. van der Schouw,
Monique Verschuren,
Jolanda M.A. Boer,
B. BuenodeMesquita,
Petra H.M. Peeters
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
european journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1464-360X
pISSN - 1101-1262
DOI - 10.1093/eurpub/cku045
Subject(s) - medicine , cohort , population , incidence (geometry) , demography , standardized mortality ratio , cohort study , confidence interval , volunteer , epic , mortality rate , cancer registry , cancer , record linkage , prospective cohort study , environmental health , art , biology , agronomy , optics , physics , literature , sociology
Prospective cohort studies recruit relatively healthy population samples, resulting in lower morbidity and mortality rates than in the source population. This is known as the healthy volunteer effect. The aim of this study was to define the magnitude and the development over time of the healthy volunteer effect in the EPIC-NL cohort.
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