The OLIN-studies - The OLIN studies
The Obstructive Lung Disease in Northern Sweden (OLIN) Studies, is a research program ongoing since 1985. It includes descriptive, analytic and interventional epidemiologic research on asthma, allergy, chronic bronchitis, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The infrastructure contains data from more than 50,000 subjects from Norrbotten in ages 7-91 years. The overall aim includes identifying risk factors for the conditions in order to create possibilities for prevention. The studies are multidisciplinary and cover traditional and molecular epidemiology and clinical research as well as research about cellular mechanisms, proteomics and genetics. The aim of the current project is managing and care of the large and growing infrastructure. New data are collected continuously as most studies are of prospective nature. Purpose: To identify risk factors for asthma, allergy, chronic bronchitis, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in order to create possibilities for prevention.
Documentation files
Documentation files
Citation and access
Citation and access
Method and outcome
Method and outcome
Data collection - Physical measurements and tests
Data collection - Physical measurements and tests
Data collection - Self-administered questionnaire: paper
Data collection - Self-administered questionnaire: paper
Data collection - Face-to-face interview
Data collection - Face-to-face interview
Geographic coverage
Geographic coverage
Administrative information
Administrative information
Topic and keywords
Topic and keywords
Relations
Relations
Publications
Publications
Metadata
Metadata
