Feasibility and quality development of biomaterials in the pretest studies of the German National Cohort
Kühn, A.; Nieters, A.; Köttgen, A.; Goek, O.; Michels, K.; Nöthlings, U.; Jacobs, G.; Meisinger, C.; Pessler, F.; Akmatov, M.; Kühnisch, J.; Moebus, S.; Glocker, E.; Naus, S.; Keimling, M.; Leitzmann, M.; Linseisen, J.; Sarioglu, H.; von Toerne, C.; Hauck, S.… · Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz · 2014 · Heft 10 · S. 1255 bis 1263
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Zusammenfassung
The German National Cohort (GNC) is designed to address research questions concerning a wide range of possible causes of major chronic diseases (e.g. cancer, diabetes, infectious, allergic, neurologic and cardiovascular diseases) as well as to identify risk factors and prognostic biomarkers for early diagnosis and prevention of these diseases. The collection of biomaterials in combination with extensive information from questionnaires and medical examinations represents one of the central study components. In two pretest studies of the German National Cohort conducted between 2011 and 2013, a range of biomateria…