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Representativeness, losses to follow-up and validity in cohort studies

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  1. Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, 02155, USA

    Alvaro Alonso

  2. Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

    Alvaro Alonso, Jokin de Irala & Miguel Angel Martínez-González

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Alonso, A., de Irala, J. & Martínez-González, M.A. Representativeness, losses to follow-up and validity in cohort studies. Eur J Epidemiol 22, 481–482 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-007-9124-3

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