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ATSDR- COMPARISON OF DIOXIN SUBREGISTRY BASELINE (11194 words) |
 | Baseline and identifying information was collected using the Health Effects Survey (HES) questionnaire constructed to elicit, along with health information, information on exposure risk (that is, residential history; type, frequency, and duration of recreational activities; and occupational history). |
 | For the baseline activities, information was obtained for 250 persons (246 living and 4 deceased); for the first followup, 226 persons (221 living and 5 deceased); and for the second followup, 208 persons (203 living and 5 deceased). |
 | A year or more before the baseline interview, a registrant might have been told that he or she had (or was treated for) one of these 12 health conditions, but was not being treated at the time of the interview. |
| BioMed Central | Full text | The stability of life satisfaction in a 15-year follow-up of adult Finns healthy at ... (4140 words) |
 | The baseline characteristics of the study population and those whose follow-up data on life satisfaction was not available at all three data collection times is presented in Table 1. |
 | The ability of baseline life satisfaction to predict future life satisfaction was strong, but decreased during the follow-up period, which is a trend that has also been suggested previously [23]. |
 | The exclusion criteria for baseline health disorders were comprehensive and based on both self-reports and several national registries with high coverage and validity [38-41]. |