Exposure during fetal life may have long-lasting health consequences for the child. Cohorts
with biological material are necessary to investigate the possible biological mechanisms …

This is an update of the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa) cohort profile
which was published in 2006. Pregnant women attending a routine ultrasound examination …

Introduction Long-term storage of biological materials is a critical component of any
epidemiological study. In designing specimen repositories, efforts need to balance future …

We show a description of pregnancy cohorts in the European region. Our investigation
identified 66 pregnancy cohorts, mostly hosted in Western Central Europe. Among these 66 …

Background: The developmental origins of health and disease is a conceptual framework
that helps explain the links between our early life exposures and later health outcomes, and …

Background: It is well known that the time from conception to early childhood has importance
for health conditions that reach into later stages of life. Recent research supports this view …

Abstract The Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa) is an observational,
prospective study of up to 100 000 families. The study aims to find causes of diseases, with a …

Abstract Summary The Avon Longitudinal Study of Children and Parents (ALSPAC) was
established to understand how genetic and environmental characteristics influence health …

The Danish National Birth Cohort (DNBC) is a pregnancy cohort that from 1996 to 2002
recruited 100000 women early in pregnancy and their offspring to be followed over time by …

Background During the past 25 years, many pregnancy and birth cohorts have been
established. Each cohort provides unique opportunities for examining associations of early …