MONICA Manual, Part I
| MONICA Collaborating Centres | |||
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| Country | Name | Code | Principal Investigator(s) and site(s) |
| Australia | Perth | 10 | M.S.T. Hobbs, K. Jamrozik University of Western Australia, Nedlands |
| Newcastle | 11 | A. Dobson, P. McElduff (Co-PI) University of Newcastle, Newcastle |
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| Belgium | Ghent/Charleroi | 12 | G. de Backer Ghent State University, Ghent M. Kornitzer Free University of Brussels, Brussels |
| MONICA-Bellux | 14 | M. Jeanjean Interuniversity Association for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases, Brussels |
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| Canada | Halifax | 15 | H.K. Wolf, R.D. Gregor Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| China | Sino-MONICA-Beijing | 17 | Wu Zhaosu Beijing Heart, Lung and Blood Vessel Research Institute, Beijing |
| Czech Republic | Czech-MONICA | 18 | Z. Skodová Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague |
| Denmark | DAN-MONICA | 19 | T. Jřrgensen, M. Schroll (Co-PI) Centre for Preventive Medicine (The Glostrup Population Studies), Copenhagen University |
| Finland | FINMONICA | 20 | J. Tuomilehto National Public Health Institute, Helsinki |
| France | MONICA Strasbourg | 54 | P. Schaffer, D. Arveiler Department of Epidemiology and Public Health - Faculty of Medicine, Strasbourg |
| MONICA Toulouse | 55 | J. Ferričres, J.B. Ruidavets (Co-PI) Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine Toulouse-Purpan, Toulouse |
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| MONICA Lille | 59 | P. Amouyel, M. Montaye-Faivre Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Pasteur Institute of Lille |
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| Germany | MONICA East Germany | 23 | W. Barth, L. Heinemann (Co-PI) Centre for Epidemiology & Health Research, Berlin |
| Bremen | 24 | I. Pigeot-Kübler Bremer Institute for Prevention Research and Social Medicine, Bremen |
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| Augsburg | 26 | U. Keil GSF-Institute of Epidemiology, Neuherberg/Munich |
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| Iceland | Iceland | 28 | U. Agnarsson, J. Gunnlaugsdóttir (Co-PI) Heart Preventive Clinic, Reykjavik |
| Italy | MONICA-Friuli | 32 | D. Vanuzzo, L Pilotto (Co-PI) Centre for Cardiovascular Prevention, ASS4 "Medio Friuli", Udine |
| Area Brianza | 57 | G.C. Cesana, M. Ferrario University of Milan - Bicocca, Monza |
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| Lithuania | Kaunas | 45 | A. Tamosiunas, S. Domarkiene (Co-PI, population surveys), D. Rastenyte (Co-PI,
event registration) Kaunas Medical Academy Institute of Cardiology, Kaunas |
| New Zealand | Auckland | 33 | R. Beaglehole University of Auckland, Auckland |
| Poland | POL-MONICA-Krakow | 35 | A. Pajak Unit of Clinical Epidemiology and Population Studies, School of Public Health, Jagiellonian University, Krakow |
| POL-MONICA-Warsaw | 36 | S. L. Rywik, G. Broda (Co-PI) National Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Department of Cardiovascular Epidemiology and Prevention |
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| Russian Federation | Moscow | 46 | V. Konstantinov, S. Shalnova (Co-PI), A. Deev (Co-PI) State Research Centre for Preventive Medicine, Moscow |
| Siberian MONICA | 47 | Yu. P. Nikitin Institute of Internal Medicine, Novosibirsk |
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| Spain | MONICA-Catalonia | 39 | S. Sans Institute of Health Studies, Department of Health and Social Security, Barcelona |
| Sweden | GOT-MONICA | 40 | L. Wilhelmsen Göteborg University, The Cardiovascular Institute, Section of Preventive Cardiology, Göteborg |
| Northern Sweden | 60 | M. Eriksson Umeĺ University Hospital, Department of Medicine, Umeĺ M. Eliasson Sunderby Hospital, Luleĺ |
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| Switzerland | MONICA-Switzerland | 50 | F. Gutzwiller University Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, Lausanne |
| United Kingdom | Belfast | 34 | A. Evans Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Scottish MONICA | 37 | H. Tunstall-Pedoe University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland C. Morrison (Co-PI) Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, Scotland |
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| USA | Stanford | 43 | S.P. Fortmann Stanford Center for Research in Disease Prevention, Stanford, California |
| Yugoslavia | Novi Sad | 49 | D. Benc Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases, Novi Sad |
| MONICA Country Coordinators | ||
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| Country | Code | Responsible person and site |
| France | 22 | P. Ducimetičre National Institute of Health and Medical Research (U258), Paris |
| Italy | 09 | S. Giampaoli National Institute of Health, Rome |
| MONICA Management Centre | |
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| Code | Responsible person and site |
| 01 | S. Mendis World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland |
| MONICA Data Centre | |
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| Code | Responsible person and site |
| 02 | K. Kuulasmaa National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland |
| MONICA Quality Control Centres | ||
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| Name | Code | Responsible person and site |
| MONICA Quality Control Centre for Lipid Measurements | 03 | R. Poledne, D. Grafnetter Laboratory for Atherosclerosis Research at IKEM, Prague |
| MONICA Quality Control Centre for ECG Coding | 04 | Responsible Department: Epidemiological & Methodological Deptartment, Hungarian Institute of Cardiology, Budapest, Hungary |
| MONICA Quality Control Centre for Event Registration | 05 | H. Tunstall-Pedoe University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland |
| MONICA Quality Control Centre for Health Services Monitoring | 06 | M.S.T. Hobbs University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Perth, Australia |
| MONICA Reference Centres | ||
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| Name | Code | Responsible person and site |
| MONICA Reference Centre for Dietary Methods | 91 | D. Kromhout National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Protection, Bilthoven, Netherlands |
| MONICA Reference Centre for Antioxidant Vitamins and PUFAs | 95 | F. Gey Vitamin Unit, Institute for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland Current contact person: A. Evans, Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| MONICA Reference Centre for Drug Classification | 94 | E. Greiser Bremer Institute for Prevention for Prevention Research and Social Medicine, Bremen, Germany |
| MONICA Reference Centre for Psychosocial Assessment | 92 | A. Shatchkute WHO Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark U. Härtel Data Centre for MONICA Psychosocial Substudy: GSF-Institute of Epidemiology, Neuherberg-Munich, Germany |
| MONICA Reference Centre for Physical Activity | 93 | Deborah Jones Cardiovascular Health Branch, Health Education Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga, USA |
| MONICA Reference Centre for Haemostatic Factors and CHD | 97 | J. Yarnell, Division of Epidemiology, The Queens University of Belfast, Belfast, UK |
| MONICA Associate Collaborating Centres | ||
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| Name (if any) | Code | Responsible person and site |
| Heidelberg | 25 | E. Nüssel Department of Clinical and Social Medicine of the University Medical Clinic, Heidelberg |
| HUN-MONICA | 27 | J. Duba Hungarian Institute of Cardiology, Budapest |
| Israel-MONICA | 30 | D. Brunner Tel-Aviv University, Holon |
| Area Latina | 31 | G. Righetti S.M. Goretti Hospital, Latina |
| Malta | 52 | Chief Government Medical Officer Department of Health, Valletta, Malta |
| ROM-MONICA-Bucharest | 53 | C. Carp Medical Institute, Fundeni Hospital, Bucharest, Romania |
| Japan MONICA | 58 | S. Hatano, I. Shigematsu Association for Cerebro-cardiovascular Disease Control, Tokyo, Japan |
| Millicent Higgins National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA |
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| A. Hofman Epidemiology Department of Erasmus University Medical School, Rotterdam, Netherlands |
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| Tao Shou-chi Cardiovascular Institute and Fu Wai Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China. |
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| J.D. Kark Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel |
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| K. Kodama Clinical Studies Department, Radiation Effects Research Institute, Hiroshima, Japan |
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| A. Wielgosz University of Ottawa Cardiac Unit, Ottawa, Canada |
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| E. Shelley Kilkenny Health Project, Kilkenny, Ireland |
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| F. Kittel Tournai Objectif Santé Project, Laboratory of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, Free University of Brussels, Belgium |
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| D. R. Labarthe, M.Z. Nichaman Corpus Christi Heart Project, School of Public Health, Health Science Center, Houston, Texas. |
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| M. Green Israel Center for Disease Control, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petach-Tikva, Israel |
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| R. Boedhi Darmojo (Semarang) National Cardiac Centre, "Harapan Kita" Heart Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia |
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| E. Sjukrudin Health Research Unit, Medical School, Padjadjaran University, Bandung, Indonesia |
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| J. Marrugat Lipids and Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit, Institut Municipal Investigacio Medica, Barcelona, Spain |
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| R. Luepker Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA |
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