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German National Cohort Study (NAKO)

German Federal Ministry of Education and Research and participating research institutions

HDB-0168

Germany's largest long-term study researching common diseases with participants undergoing ongoing examinations and health questionnaires in multiple phases. Researchers can access information through the NAKO TransferHub and contact research-responsible persons for collaboration, with resources supporting multiple research projects and an International NAKO Conference planned for 2026.

Category

Open dataset

Access

By application

Region

Europe — Germany

Data types

health, common diseases, longitudinal, clinical

Germany common diseases longitudinal cohort German population

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Record HDB-0168 · last verified 2026-08-05 · listed in Open datasets

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