Cohort profile: the Amirkola Health and Ageing Project (AHAP)

Seyed Reza Hosseini1, Robert G Cumming2, Farzan Kheirkhah2

  • 1Department of Community Medicine, Social Determinants of Health (SDH) Research Centre, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Islamic Republic of Iran, School of Public Health, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Department of Psychiatry, Social Determinants of Health (SDH) Research Centre, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Islamic Republic of Iran, Department of Radiology, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Islamic Republic of Iran, Department of Internal Medicine, Ayatollah Rouhani Hospital, Social Determinants of Health (SDH) Research Centre, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Islamic Republic of Iran, Department of Ophthalmology, Ayatollah Rouhani Hospital, Social Determinants of Health (SDH) Research Centre, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Islamic Republic of Iran, Department of Physiotherapy, Social Determinants of Health (SDH) Research Centre, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Islamic Republic of Iran, Cellular and Molecular Biology Research Centre, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Islamic Republic of Iran, Department of Ophthalmology, Ayatollah Rouhani Hospital, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Islamic Republic of Iran, Cellular and Molecular Biology Research Centre, Babol, University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Islamic Republic of Iran, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Islamic Republic of Iran and Department of Community Medicine, Social Determinants of Health (SDH) Research Centre, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Islamic Republic of Iran hosseinim46@yahoo.com.

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