Cohort profile: UK Millennium Cohort Study (mcs)

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1719-1725

  Connelly, Roxanne ^a   Platt, Lucinda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cohort Study; Longitudinal Data; UK

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA ACQUISITION; HEALTH MONITORING; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INTERNET;

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL STUDY; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL SMOKING; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL CAPACITY; MILLENNIUM COHORT STUDY; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL STATUS; ADOLESCENT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; DIARRHEA; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PNEUMONIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS DISEASES;

UNITED KINGDOM;

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DIARRHEA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEASLES-MUMPS-RUBELLA VACCINE; MOTHERS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PNEUMONIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 84908392049     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyu001     Document Type: Article

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