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The purpose of this chapter is to review some of the findings in a retrospective psychiatric study of a birth cohort and a more prospective follow-up study of the same cohort as well as to consider the methodological problems inherent in the studies. The studies are biographical in their approach and limitations since they involve the collection of both recorded data and data memorized by a number of individuals as well as the verification of the latter. The advantage of this method is that health information is collected on every member of the cohort during his or her life span from all available sources.
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Helgason, T. (1981). Psychiatric Epidemiological Studies in Iceland. In: Schulsinger, F., Mednick, S.A., Knop, J. (eds) Longitudinal Research. Longitudinal Research in the Behavioral, Social, and Medical Studies, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8147-8_14
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