UK Biobank: From concept to reality

Pharmacogenomics

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 639-646

  Ollier, William ^a   Sprosen, Tim ^b   Peakman, Tim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UK BIOBANK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biobank; Biobank data management; Longitudinal prospective cohort study; Population research; UK Biobank

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONSULTATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATENT; PHENOTYPE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENETIC RESEARCH; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 25144445421     PISSN: 14622416     EISSN: 17448042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/14622416.6.6.639     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. www.ukbiobank.ac.uk The UK Biobank website.
2. www.egcukbiobank.org Website with the ethics and governance framework for the UK Biobank study.
3. www.millionwomenstudy.org The Million Women Study website.
4. www.alspac.bris.ac.uk The Children of the 90s Study website.
5. www.esds.ac.uk/longitudinal/access/bcs70 The 1970 British Cohort Study website.
6. www.srl.cam.ac.uk/epic The European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition website.
7. www.framingham.com/heart The Framingham Heart Study website.
8. www.geenivaramu.ee/index.php The Estonian Biobank website.
9. www.hunt.ntnu.no/index.php The HUNT Project - Norway website.