Repository details

German National Cohort

Name of repository
German National Cohort
Additional name(s)
  • NAKO Gesundheitsstudie
  • NAKO
Repository URL
https://nako.de/en/transferhub/
Subject(s)
Description
The German National Cohort (NAKO) has been inviting men and women aged between 20 and 69 to 18 study centers throughout Germany since 2014. The participants are medically examined and questioned about their living conditions. The NAKO’s aim is to investigate the causes of chronic diseases, such as cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, rheumatism, infectious diseases, and dementia in order to improve prevention, early diagnoses and treatment of these very widely spread diseases.
Contact(s)
  • administrative: transfer-nako@med.uni-greifswald.de
  • administrative: www.nako.de/transferhub
Content type(s)
Keyword(s)
Repository type(s)
  • disciplinary
Mission statement for designated community
https://nako.de/forschung
Research data repository language(s)
  • German
  • English
Data and/or service provider
  • dataProvider

Institutions (7)

Institution
Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt
Additional name(s)
  • formerly: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
  • Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space
  • BMFTR
Institution
Country
Germany
Type(s) of responsibility
  • funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution
Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Epidemiologie von Krebserkrankungen
Additional name(s)
  • German Cancer Research Center, Division of Cancer Epidemiology
  • DKFZ, Epidemiologie von Krebserkrankungen
Country
Germany
Type(s) of responsibility
  • technical
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution
Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald, Universitätsmedizin Greifswald, Institut für Community Medicine
Additional name(s)
  • Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University of Greifswald, University Hospital, Institute for Community Medicine
Country
Germany
Type(s) of responsibility
  • technical
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution
German Cancer Research Center
Additional name(s)
  • DKFZ
  • Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ)
Institution
Country
Germany
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution
Helmholtz Zentrum München, Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt
Additional name(s)
  • German Research Center for Environmental Health
  • Helmholtz Zentrum München
  • HMGU
  • Helmholtz Munich
Institution
Country
Germany
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution
Helmholtz Zentrum München, Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt, Institut für Epidemiologie
Additional name(s)
  • Helmholtz Munich, Institute of Epidemiology
  • formerly: Helmholtz Zentrum München - Institut für Epidemiologie II (EPI)
Country
Germany
Type(s) of responsibility
  • technical
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution
Verein NAKO e.V.
Additional name(s)
  • German National Cohort
  • GNC
Country
Germany
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
Type of institution
non-profit

Policies (2)

Policy Name
Datenschutz in der NAKO
Policy Name
Use and Access Policy

Database access

Type of access to research data repository
open

Database licenses (1)

Database License
Copyrights

Data access (1)

Type of access to data
restricted
Data access restriction type(s)
  • registration

Data licenses (1)

DataLicense
Copyrights

Data upload (1)

Type of data upload
closed
Persistent identifier system(s)
  • none
Name of the repository software
  • unknown
Data citation guideline
https://transfer.nako.de/transfer/media/NAKO-Publication-Policy.pdf
Profile(s)

Remarks

Entry date
2017-08-11
Last update
2025-09-11
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re3data.org: German National Cohort; editing status 2025-09-11; re3data.org - Registry of Research Data Repositories. https://doi.org/10.17616/R33F53 last accessed: 2025-09-18