Advantages of cohort studies
These include:
- true measurement of incidence
- longitudinal observation, which results in more robust data
- the assessment of the risk factor is unbiased by the presence of the disease
- information about the effect of changing a risk factor may be changed
- information given by the subjects and the measurements are not subject to bias
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