Cohort profile: The avon longitudinal study of parents and children: ALSPAC mothers cohort

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 97-110

  Fraser, Abigail ^a   Macdonald wallis, Corrie ^a   Tilling, Kate ^a   Boyd, Andy ^a   Golding, Jean ^a   Davey smith, George ^a   Henderson, John ^a   Macleod, John ^a   Molloy, Lynn ^a   Ness, Andy ^a   Ring, Susan ^a   Nelson, Scott M ^b   Lawlor, Debbie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOASSAY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA ACQUISITION; DNA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; HEALTH MONITORING; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SAMPLING;

ACCELEROMETER; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BONE MASS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD BANKS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; DNA METHYLATION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MOTHERS; PARENTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84875619270     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dys066     Document Type: Article

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