Prospective studies/Definition

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Prospective studies [r]: Observation of a population for a sufficient number of persons over a sufficient number of years to generate incidence or mortality rates subsequent to the selection of the study group.

This definition is at least in part based on: Anonymous (2023), Prospective studies (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.