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Cohort Profile: the Health and Retirement Study (HRS).
International journal of epidemiology - 1 Apr 2014
Sonnega Amanda, Faul Jessica D, Ofstedal Mary Beth, Langa Kenneth M, Phillips John W R, Weir David R
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The Health and Retirement Study (HRS) is a nationally representative longitudinal survey of more than 37 000 individuals over age 50 in 23 000 households in the USA. The survey, which has been fielded every 2 years since 1992, was established to provide a national resource for data on the changing health and economic circumstances associated with ageing at both individual and population levels. Its...
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