A group of individuals of a population who have lived through an experience or have a set of common criteria and as part of an epidemiological observation. Cohort studies are initiated with the identification of individuals with and without the factor that is going to investigate ( 41 risk factor; then keeps track of individuals and estimated how distributed the disease between those who possess and do not have this feature. Cohort studies can be prospective * or retrospective *
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