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Which type of study involves randomly selecting subjects from a defined population, collecting baseline information regarding potential risk factors for the disease of interest, and then following the subjects over a period of time to track the incidence of the disease?

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Answer:

a prospective cohort study

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Based on the information provided within the question it can be said that the type of study that is being described in the question is called a prospective cohort study. This is a type of long term study in which a group or population is followed and studied over a period of time in order to see how the factor under study pertaining to those individuals affects the rates of a specific outcome.

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