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General-purpose population-based cohorts can be powerful scientific platforms. The Gazel Cohort Study, a French cohort of 20,000 adults followed-up since more than 20 years, was designed as an open epidemiologic laboratory, hosting more than 40 nested research projects from French and international teams.Formal rules were elaborated to define the way that the Gazel database can be accessed.One of the main problems faced by the Gazel team members is scientific recognition of their work, as the large majority of the publications come from external research groups.
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Goldberg, M., Zins, M. Data sharing: What about epidemiological cohorts? . Nat Prec (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/npre.2011.5575.1
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/npre.2011.5575.1