ALSPAC
Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children...
Description
Based at the University of Bristol, the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC), also known as Children of the 90s, is a world-leading birth cohort study. Between April 1991 and December 1992 we recruited more than 14,000 pregnant w...
General Design
- Cohort type
Population cohort
- Design
Longitudinal
- Collection type
Retrospective, Prospective
- Start/End year
1990 - 1992
- Population
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)
- Number of participants
14541
- Marker paper
- Cohort Profile: the 'children of the 90s'--the index offspring of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children.
Contact and Contributors
- dr. BR (Bob) Rossbob.ross@paintings.eu
- prof. JR (Jack) Rossjack.ross@paintings.eu
- ir. OR (Ollie) Rossollie.ross@paintings.eu
Subpopulations
List of subcohorts or subpopulations for this resource...
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Collection events
List of collection events defined for this resource...
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Networks
Networks Explanation about networks from this cohort and the functionality seen here....
Access conditions
- Release
Released once data collected and cleaned
Funding & Citation requirements
- Funding
The UK Medical Research Council and Wellcome (Grant ref: 217065/Z/19/Z) and the University of Bristol provide core support for ALSPAC. This publication is the work of the authors and <INSERT NAMES> will serve as guarantors for the contents of this paper.? In addition, you are expected to acknowledge the grant(s) which supported the collection of the primary exposure(s) and outcome(s) used in your study and any other grants in the checklist, which are pertinent to your study. The following sentences should be included with the above section: ?A comprehensive list of grants funding (PDF, 330KB) is available on the ALSPAC website. This research was specifically funded by <INSERT DETAILS FOR SPECIFIC PROJECT(S) WHERE APPROPRIATE, including grant number(s)>.
- Citation requirements
We are extremely grateful to all the families who took part in this study, the midwives for their help in recruiting them, and the whole ALSPAC team, which includes interviewers, computer and laboratory technicians, clerical workers, research scientists, volunteers, managers, receptionists and nurses.