Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 151-158 , February 2010

Comparison of Two Types of Epidemiological Surveys Aimed at Collecting Daily Clinical Symptoms in Community-Based Longitudinal Studies

  • Gwenyth Lee, MHS

      Affiliations

    • Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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  • Vitaliano Cama, PhD, DVM

      Affiliations

    • Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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  • Robert H. Gilman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
    • Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
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  • Lilia Cabrera, RN

      Affiliations

    • Asociacion Benefica PRISMA, Lima, Peru
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  • Mayuko Saito, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
    • Asociacion Benefica PRISMA, Lima, Peru
    • Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
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  • William Checkley, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
    • Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, School of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: William Checkley, MD, PhD, The Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, 1830 Monument Street, Fifth Floor, Baltimore, MD 21205. Tel.: 443-287-8741; Fax: 410-955-0036.
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  • CONTENT Investigators

Received 8 June 2009 ,Accepted 22 October 2009.

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 CONTENT investigators: Professor Dermot Kelleher (Trinity College, Ireland), Dr Henry Windle (Trinity College, Ireland), Professor Jean Crabtree (St. James' University Hospital, United Kingdom), Professor Robert Gilman (Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Peru), Dr. William Checkley (A.B. Prisma, Peru).

 The CONTENT project was supported in part by the Sixth Framework Program of the European Union [INCO-CT-2006-032136]. Gwenyth Lee was supported by an International Maternal and Child Health Training Grant of the United States National Institutes of Health [T32HD046405]. Dr. William Checkley was further supported by a Clinician Scientist Award from the Johns Hopkins University.

PII: S1047-2797(09)00341-X

doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2009.10.004

Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 151-158 , February 2010

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