The Generation R Study: design and cohort update 2017

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1243-1264

  Kooijman, Marjolein N ^a   Kruithof, Claudia J ^a   van Duijn, Cornelia M ^a   Duijts, Liesbeth ^a   Franco, Oscar H ^a   van IJzendoorn, Marinus H ^b,c   de Jongste, Johan C ^a   Klaver, Caroline C W ^a   van der Lugt, Aad ^a   Mackenbach, Johan P ^a   Moll, Henriëtte A ^a   Peeters, Robin P ^a   Raat, Hein ^a   Rings, Edmond H H M ^a   Rivadeneira, Fernando ^a   van der Schroeff, Marc P ^a   Steegers, Eric A P ^a   Tiemeier, Henning ^a   Uitterlinden, André G ^a   Verhulst, Frank C ^a   Wolvius, Eppo ^a   Felix, Janine F ^a   Jaddoe, Vincent W V ^a   more..

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Child; Cohort study; Epidemiology; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY COMPOSITION; CHILDHOOD; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIGENETICS; EYE DEVELOPMENT; FACE GROWTH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETICS; GENOME; GENOMICS; GROWTH CURVE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HEARING; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INFECTION; INTERVIEW; LIFE; LIFESTYLE; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MICROBIOME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUTRITION; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN DISEASE; ULTRASOUND; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; HEALTH STATUS; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85008661448     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-016-0224-9     Document Type: Article

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