Overview of the BioBank Japan Project: Study design and profile

Nagai, Akiko; Hirata, Makoto; Kamatani, Yoichiro; Muto, Kaori; Matsuda, Koichi; Kiyohara, Yutaka; Ninomiya, Toshiharu; Tamakoshi, Akiko; Yamagata, Zentaro; Mushiroda, Taisei; Murakami, Yoshinori; Yuji, Koichiro; Furukawa, Yoichi; Zembutsu, Hitoshi; Tanaka, Toshihiro; Ohnishi, Yozo; Nakamura, Yusuke; Kubo, Michiaki; Shiono, Masaki; Misumi, Kazuo; Kaieda, Reiji; Harada, Hiromasa; Minami, Shiro; Emi, Mitsuru; Emoto, Naoya; Daida, Hiroyuki; Miyauchi, Katsumi; Murakami, Akira; Asai, Satoshi; Moriyama, Mitsuhiko; Takahashi, Yasuo; Fujioka, Tomoaki; Obara, Wataru; Mori, Seijiro; Ito, Hideki; Nagayama, Satoshi; Miki, Yoshio; Masumoto, Akihide; Yamada, Akira; Nishizawa, Yasuko; Kodama, Ken; Kutsumi, Hiromu; Sugimoto, Yoshihisa; Koretsune, Yukihiro; Kusuoka, Hideo; Yanai, Hideki

doi:10.1016/j.je.2016.12.005

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Overview of the BioBank Japan Project: Study design and profile

Published in Journal of Epidemiology • Feb 8, 2017

Authors:

Akiko Nagai

Makoto Hirata

Yoichiro Kamatani

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The BioBank Japan (BBJ) Project was launched in 2003 with the aim of providing evidence for the implementation of personalized medicine by constructing a large, patient-based biobank (BBJ). This report describes the study design and profile of BBJ participants who were registered during ...

Subject

Biobank

Medicine

Baseline (sea)

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