Development of a bio-library in the cohort survey: E3N-EPIC

Guibout, C.; Prisse, N.; Clavel-Chapelon, F.

Revue d'Epidemiologie et de Sante Publique 51(1 Part 2): 137-141

2003


ISSN/ISBN: 0398-7620
PMID: 12684570
Document Number: 563073
Since data from biological material banks are now considered as complementary to epidemiological data, most cohort studies have now integrated them. However, their constitution raises numerous logistical problems. The present paper describes the experience of investigators of an on-going prospective study in France: the E3N study. It reviews several constraints that this team had to face, E3N being a study with no individual benefit for the volunteers.

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