The case for launch of an international DNA-based birth cohort study

Journal of Global Health

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-45

  Rudan, Igor ^a,b   Chopra, Mickey ^c   Aulchenko, Yurii ^d   Baqui, Abdullah H ^e   Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^f   Edmond, Karen ^g   Horta, Bernardo L ^h   Klugman, Keith P ⁱ   Lanata, Claudio F ^j,k   Madhi, Shabir A ^l   Nair, Harish ^a   Qureshi, Zeshan ^m   Rubens, Craig ⁿ   Theodoratou, Evropi ^a   Victora, Cesar G ^h   Wang, Wei ^o,p   Weber, Martin W ^q   Wilson, James F ^a   Zgaga, Lina ^a   Campbell, Harry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^c UNICEF   (United States)

^d Independent Scientist and Consultant   (Netherlands)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^g LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^h FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

ⁱ EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN NUTRICIONAL   (Peru)

^k Peru   (Peru)

^l UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^m ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ Seattle Children's Met Park West   (United States)

^o CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^p INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^q WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84888402876     PISSN: 20472978     EISSN: 20472986     Source Type: Journal    
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