Remarks
Gazel is covered by Thomson Reuters Data Citation Index.
The GAZEL cohort, set up in 1989 by Inserm Unit 88 (subsequently Unit 687), in cooperation with several departments of électricité de France-Gaz de France (EDF-GDF). EDF-GDF was a public utility firm in France involved in production, transmission and distribution of energy. GAZEL initially included 20 624 volunteers working at EDF-GDF (15 010 men and 5614 women), aged from 35 to 50 years.