The French GAZEL Cohort Study: 20 years of epidemiologic research
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Cohort profile: the GAZEL Cohort Study.
Électricité de France-Gaz de France (EDF-GDF) is the only utility firm in France involved in production, transmission and distribution of energy. For several reasons, EDF-GDF is a unique setting for epidemiology. The company employs about 150 000 workers in all regions of France, from large cities to small villages; there is a wide socioeconomic range of occupational positions, including white ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Advances in Life Course Research
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1040-2608
DOI: 10.1016/j.alcr.2010.02.003