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. 2020 Apr 1;49(2):375-375k.
doi: 10.1093/ije/dyz231.

Cohort profile: KiGGS cohort longitudinal study on the health of children, adolescents and young adults in Germany

Elvira Mauz  1 , Michael Lange  1 , Robin Houben  1 , Robert Hoffmann  1 , Jennifer Allen  1 , Antje Gößwald  1 , Heike Hölling  1 , Thomas Lampert  1 , Cornelia Lange  1 , Christina Poethko-Müller  1 , Almut Richter  1 , Angelika Schaffrath Rosario  1 , Ursula von Schenck  1 , Thomas Ziese  1 , Bärbel-Maria Kurth  1 ; KiGGS Cohort Research Team
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Cohort profile: KiGGS cohort longitudinal study on the health of children, adolescents and young adults in Germany

Elvira Mauz et al. Int J Epidemiol. .
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Figure 1.
Study design of the KiGGS cohort.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Data collection methods and topics used in the KiGGS cohort across three data collection waves.
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