prospective study

collocation in English

meaningsofprospectiveandstudy

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prospective
adjective
uk
/prəˈspek.tɪv/us
/prəˈspek.tɪv/
people who are expected to buy something, employ someone, become ...
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study
noun
uk
/ˈstʌd.i/us
/ˈstʌd.i/
the activity of examining a subject in detail in order to discover ...
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(Definition ofprospectiveandstudyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thisprospectivestudyset out to investigate which bipolar prodromal symptoms were reported frequently and reliably over a period of 18 months.
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Predicting the short-term outcome of first episodes and recurrences of clinical depression : aprospectivestudyof life events, difficulties, and social support networks.
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Prospectivestudyof infants < 1 year or < 10 kg undergoing elective cardiopulmonary bypass.
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Aprospectivestudyof the relationship between feared consequences of falling and avoidance of activity in community-living older people.
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Aprospectivestudyof the offspring of bipolar parents responsive and nonresponsive to lithium treatment.
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Self-efficacy, physical decline, and change in functioning in communityliving elders: aprospectivestudy.
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Aprospectivestudyof long-term care institutionalization among the aged.
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Prospectivestudyof post-traumatic stress disorder and depression following trauma.
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In conclusion, the findings of thisprospectivestudyprovide support for the predictive effects of psychosocial work characteristics on fatigue in the working population.
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Predicting who develops low back pain in primary care : aprospectivestudy.
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It is important to note that participants in thisprospectivestudywere not seeking treatment, but were screened from the community.
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Aprospectivestudyof factors influencing adherence to a continuous neuroleptic treatment program in schizophrenia patients during two years.
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Muchprospectivestudyfrom chromosome surveys of the newborn is required before the criminological implications of chromosome abnormalities are seen in full perspective.
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With a median follow-up of only 24 months, thisprospectivestudysupports an early reduction in breast and ovarian cancer risk with prophylactic oophorectomy.
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In aprospectivestudyof high-risk patients in an acute hospital setting, the development of a new pressure ulcer predicted death within one year.
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