Design, methods and demographics from phase I of Alberta's Tomorrow Project cohort: a prospective cohort profile.

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Published in CMAJ Open on September 29, 2016

Authors

Paula J Robson1, Nathan M Solbak1, Tiffany R Haig1, Heather K Whelan1, Jennifer E Vena1, Alianu K Akawung1, William K Rosner1, Darren R Brenner1, Linda S Cook1, Ilona Csizmadi1, Karen A Kopciuk1, S Elizabeth McGregor1, Christine M Friedenreich1

Author Affiliations

1: Cancer Measurement, Outcomes, Research and Evaluation (Robson), CancerControl Alberta, Alberta Health Services; Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science (Robson), Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; Cancer Measurement, Outcomes, Research and Evaluation (Solbak, Haig, Whelan, Vena, Akawung, Rosner), CancerControl Alberta, Alberta Health Services; Department of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Research (Brenner, Friedenreich, Csizmadi, Kopciuk), CancerControl Alberta, Alberta Health Services; Department of Oncology and Department of Community Health Sciences (Brenner, Friedenreich, Csizmadi), Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Health Sciences Centre, Calgary, Alta.; Department of Internal Medicine (Cook), University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM; Departments of Oncology and Mathematics and Statistics (Kopciuk), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; Population, Public and Aboriginal Health (McGregor), Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alta.

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