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International Journal of Epidemiology 2009 38(3):656-662; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn164
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Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Epidemiological Association © The Author 2008; all rights reserved.

Cohort Profile: The Copenhagen School Health Records Register

Jennifer L Baker1,*, Lina W Olsen1, Ingelise Andersen2, Seija Pearson3, Bente Hansen3 and Thorkild IA Sørensen1

1 Institute of Preventive Medicine, Centre for Health and Society, Øster Søgade 18, 1st Floor, 1357 Copenhagen K, Denmark.
2 Institute of Public Health, Øster Farimagsgade 5, Postbox 2099, 1014 Copenhagen K, Denmark.
3 Copenhagen Community Child Health Service, Islands Brygge 37, 1st Floor, 2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark.

* Corresponding author. Institute of Preventive Medicine, Centre for Health and Society, Øster Søgade 18, 1st Floor, 1357 Copenhagen K, Denmark. E-mail: jba@ipm.regionh.dk

Accepted 17 July 2008

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   How did the register come about?
 
The Copenhagen School Health Records Register (CSHRR) is a database of health examination information on more than 350 000 schoolchildren who ever attended school in the central municipality of the capital city of Denmark. For longer than 100 years, school-based health care has been provided to children in Copenhagen,1 and from the 1930s, the material was systematically recorded on individual health cards. The CSHRR results from the retrieval and computerization of data from every health card. Information from the register can be used on its own and it can also be linked to a variety of health registers and other cohort studies in Denmark.

In the early 1980s, an effort was made to locate the cards when researchers wanted to examine childhood exposures in a cohort of severely obese Danish draftees.2–5 Locating these records was a large undertaking, as previously the cards had been found only for a small number . . . [Full Text of this Article]


   Who is in the register?
 

   What time period does the sample cover?
 

   How were the data collected?
 

   What variables are computerized?
 

   What other variables are available?
 
Information from other computerized sources

   What are the main strengths and weaknesses?
 

   What are key findings from this cohort?
 

   How do I find out more about the cohort?
 

   Funding
 

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