UK biobank data: Come and get it

Science Translational Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 224, 2014, Pages

  Allen, Naomi E ^a   Sudlow, Cathie ^b   Peakman, Tim ^c   Collins, Rory ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UK BIOBANK   (United Kingdom)

^d CLINICAL TRIAL SERVICE UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADVERSE OUTCOME; BIOMEDICINE; EDITORIAL; FACTUAL DATABASE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SEEKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REFERENCE DATABASE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84896386442     PISSN: 19466234     EISSN: 19466242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3008601     Document Type: Editorial

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