Cohort Profile: The Study of Health in Pomerania
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- Henry Völzke, Dietrich Alte, Carsten Oliver Schmidt, Dörte Radke, Roberto Lorbeer, Nele Friedrich, Nicole Aumann, Katharina Lau, Katharina Piontek, Gabriele Born, Christoph Havemann, Till Ittermann, Sabine Schipf, Robin Haring, Sebastian‐Edgar Baumeister, Henri Wallaschofski, Matthias Nauck, Stephanie Frick, Andreas Arnold, Michael Jünger, Julia Mayerle, Matthias Kraft, Markus M. Lerch, Marcus Dörr, Thorsten Reffelmann, Klaus Empen, Stephan B. Felix, Anne Obst, B. Koch, Sven Gläser, R Ewert, Ingo Fietze, Thomas Penzel, Martina Dören, Wolfgang Rathmann, Johannes Haerting, M. Hannemann, J. Röpcke, Ulf Schminke, Clemens Jürgens, Frank Tost, Rainer Rettig, Jan A. Kors, Saskia Ungerer, Katrin Hegenscheid, Julia Kühn, Julia Kühn, Norbert Hosten, Ralf Puls, Jennifer Henke, Oliver Gloger, Alexander Teumer, Georg Homuth, Uwe Völker, Christian Schwahn, Birte Holtfreter, Ines Polzer, Thomas Kohlmann, Hans-Joergen Grabe, Dieter Rosskopf, H K Kroemer, Thomas Kocher, Reiner Biffar, Ulrich John, Wolfgang Hoffmann
- Journal
- International Journal of Epidemiology
- Year
- 2010
- Citations
- 1,004
Abstract
Although in the past century mortality in West Germany decreased similarly as in other Western nations, these changes were less pronounced in East Germany. After German reunification in 1990, there was a lack of scientifically valid data from East Germany to explain the regional differences in life expectancy and, consequently, a need for population-based research in northeast Germany.