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Vienna Transdanube Aging “VITA”: study design, recruitment strategies and level of participation

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Ageing and Dementia Current and Future Concepts

Part of the book series: Journal of Neural Transmission. Supplementa ((NEURAL SUPPL,volume 62))

Abstract

The Vienna Transdanube Aging study “VITA” is a prospective, interdisciplinary cohort-study of all 75-years old inhabitants of the 21. and 22, district of Vienna (n = 1,745), which started in May 2000. The study design is described in this paper for the first time.

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  1. Psychiatrische Klinik AKH, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Aging Research, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, A-1090, Wien, Austria

    Prof. P. P. Fischer M.D., Ph.D.

  2. Department of General Psychiatry, University Hospital for Psychiatry, Vienna, Austria

    Prof. P. P. Fischer M.D., Ph.D., S. Jungwirth, S. Weissgram, W. Kirchmeyr, W. Schreiber, K. Huber & K. H. Tragl

  3. Danube Hospital, Vienna, Austria

    W. Krampla, W. Schreiber, M. Rainer & K. H. Tragl

  4. Institute for Medical Statistics, Vienna, Austria

    P. Bauer

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Fischer, P. et al. (2002). Vienna Transdanube Aging “VITA”: study design, recruitment strategies and level of participation. In: Jellinger, K.A., Schmidt, R., Windisch, M. (eds) Ageing and Dementia Current and Future Concepts. Journal of Neural Transmission. Supplementa, vol 62. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-6139-5_11

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