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Volume 20, Issue 8 , Pages 642-649 , August 2010

Sample Design and Cohort Selection in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos

Lisa M. LaVange, PhD
- Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center, Department of Biostatistics, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- Address correspondence to: Lisa M. LaVange, PhD, CSCC, Department of Biostatistics, UNC-CH, 137 E. Franklin St., Suite 203, Chapel Hill, NC 27514. Tel.: +1-919-966-8333; Fax: +1-919-962-3265.
William D. Kalsbeek, PhD
- Survey Research Unit, Department of Biostatistics, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Paul D. Sorlie, PhD
- Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Larissa M. Avilés-Santa, MD, MPH
- Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Robert C. Kaplan, PhD
- Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
Janice Barnhart, MD, MS
- Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
Kiang Liu, PhD
- Department of Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Aida Giachello, PhD
- Midwest Latino Health Research, Training and Policy Center, Jane Addams College of Social Work, University of Illinois at Chicago
David J. Lee, PhD
- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Sylvester Comprehensive Center, University of Miami, FL
John Ryan, DrPH
- Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Miami, FL
Michael H. Criqui, MD, MPH
- Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla
John P. Elder, PhD, MPH
- Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, CA

Received 7 January 2010 ,Accepted 15 May 2010.

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