The type of epidemiologic study that is used to describe a group of persons who share some characteristic of interest and who are enrolled in a study and followed over a period of time to observe some health outcome is a(n)
a. Case control study
b. Cross-sectional study
c. Cohort study
d. Experimental study
ANS: C
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