What Does the Term "Cohort Study" Refer To

question 20

Multiple Choice

What does the term "cohort study" refer to?

• A) study of longitudinal data of cases with a common starting event
• B) study of past characteristics of a set of cases across time
• C) study of cases with variable values within a fixed range
• D) study of several sets of cases at one time period

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Definitions:

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