Cohort profile: the Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration

TY - JOUR

T1 - Cohort profile

T2 - the Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration

AU - Woodward, M.

AU - Barzi, F.

AU - Martiniuk, A.

AU - Fang, X.

AU - Gu, D. F.

AU - Imai, Y.

AU - Lam, T. H.

AU - Pan, W. H.

AU - Rodgers, A.

AU - Suh, I.

AU - Jee, S. H.

AU - Ueshima, H.

AU - Huxley, R.

N1 - Funding Information: Initial funding was provided by the New Zealand Health Research Council and the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). Twin Secretariats for APCSC were established at the Clinical Trials Research Unit at the University of Auckland, New Zealand and The George Institute for International Health at the University of Sydney, Australia. In later years, Pfizer Inc. of New York provided two substantial unrestricted educational grants to APCSC. Current funding is a mixture of pharmaceutical industry funding (Pfizer), peer reviewed research council funding (NHMRC; through a programme grant), and university funding (a University of Sydney cancer research award). The Secretariat and database are now solely housed within The George Institute. Funding Information: APCSC is sponsored by Pfizer Inc., the NHMRC, and the University of Sydney. Thanks to Konrad Jamrozik for his corrections to an earlier version of this article. Any remaining errors are the responsibility of the authors. APCSC executive committee: M. Woodward, X. Fang, D.F. Gu, Y. Imai, T.H. Lam, W.H. Pan, A. Rodgers, I. Suh, H.J. Sun, H. Ueshima. APCSC participating studies and principal investigators: Aito Town: A. Okayama, H. Ueshima; H. Maegawa; Akabane: M. Nakamura, N. Aoki; Anzhen02: Z.S. Wu; Anzhen: C.H. Yao, Z.S. Wu; Australian Longitudinal Study of Aging: G. Andrews; Australian National Heart Foundation: T.A. Welborn; Beijing Aging: Z. Tang; Beijing Steelworkers: L.S. Liu, J.X. Xie; Blood Donors’ Health: R. Norton, S. Ameratunga, S. MacMahon, G. Whitlock; Busselton: M.W. Knuiman; Canberra-Queanbeyan: H. Christensen; Capital Iron and Steel Company: X.G. Wu; CISCH: J. Zhou, X.H. Yu; Civil Service Workers: A. Tamakoshi; CVDFACTS: W.H. Pan; East Beijing: Z.L. Wu, L.Q. Chen, G.L. Shan; Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) and EGAT2: P. Sritara; Fangshan: D.F. Gu, X.F. Duan; Fletcher Challenge: S. MacMahon, R. Norton, G. Whitlock, R. Jackson; Guangzhou: Y.H. Li; Guangzhou Occupational: T.H. Lam, C.Q. Jiang; Hisayama: M. Fujishima, Y. Kiyohara, H. Iwamoto; Hong Kong: J. Woo, S.C. Ho; Huashan: Z. Hong, M.S. Huang, B. Zhou; Kinmen: J.L. Fuh; Konan: H. Ueshima, Y. Kita, S.R. Choudhury; KMIC: I. Suh, S.H. Jee, I.S. Kim; Melbourne: G.G. Giles; Miyama: T. Hashimoto, K. Sakata; Newcastle: A. Dobson; Ohasama: Y. Imai, T. Ohkubo, A. Hozawa; Perth: K. Jamrozik, M. Hobbs, R. Broadhurst; Saitama: K. Nakachi; Seven Cities: X.H. Fang, S.C. Li, Q.D. Yang; Shanghai Factory Workers: Z.M. Chen; Shibata: H. Tanaka; Shigaraki Town: Y. Kita, A. Nozaki, H. Ueshima; Shirakawa: H. Horibe, Y. Matsutani, M. Kagaya; Singapore Heart: K. Hughes, J. Lee; Singapore NHS92: D. Heng, S.K. Chew; Six Cohorts: B.F. Zhou, H.Y. Zhang; Tanno/Soubetsu: K. Shimamoto, S. Saitoh; Tianjin: Z.Z. Li, H.Y. Zhang; Western Australia AAA Screenees: P. Norman, K. Jamrozik; Xi’an: Y. He, T.H. Lam; Yunnan: S.X. Yao.

PY - 2006/12

Y1 - 2006/12

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U2 - 10.1093/ije/dyl222

DO - 10.1093/ije/dyl222

M3 - Article

C2 - 17060333

AN - SCOPUS:33846581024

SN - 0300-5771

VL - 35

SP - 1412

EP - 1416

JO - International journal of epidemiology

JF - International journal of epidemiology

IS - 6

ER -