Rationales, design and recruitment of the Taizhou Longitudinal Study

• Main Authors: Lu Daru (Author), Li Shilin (Author), Yang Yajun (Author), Qian Ji (Author), Lu Ming (Author), Wang Xiaofeng (Author), Yu Shunzhang (Author), Meng Wei (Author), Ye Weimin (Author), Jin Li (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p/> <p>Background</p> <p>Rapid economic growth in China in the past decades has been accompanied by dramatic changes in lifestyle and environmental exposures. The burdens of non-communicable diseases, such as cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and cancer, have also increased...