Cohort profile: The Hunter Community Study.

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Published in Int J Epidemiol on January 07, 2010

Authors

Mark McEvoy1, Wayne Smith, Catherine D'Este, Janine Duke, Roseanne Peel, Peter Schofield, Rodney Scott, Julie Byles, David Henry, Ben Ewald, Stephen Hancock, Derek Smith, John Attia

Author Affiliations

1: Centre for Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Medicine & Public Health, The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, Australia. mark.mcevoy@newcastle.edu.au

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