The Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa) was planned in the 1990s partly by
researchers at the Medical Birth Registry of Norway (MBRN) 1 and partly by researchers at …

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 …

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 …

The Danish Metropolit project was established in 1965. The main initiator of the project was
Kaare Svalastoga, the first professor of sociology at the Institute of Sociology, University of …

The Stockholm Birth Cohort Study (SBC) was created in 2004/2005 by a probability
matching of two comprehensive and longitudinal datasets. The first, the Stockholm …

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

There is ample evidence showing how marginalization and inequalities in well-being and
health have roots in childhood. 1 Pre-and perinatal factors affect childhood and adolescent …

A number of large population-based cardiovascular surveys have been conducted in
Norway since the beginning of the 1970s. The surveys were carried out by the National …

Advance Access Publication Date: 30 August 2021 Cohort Profile 157 antenatal clinics of
the district by a trained staff of 188 local midwives. Mothers were recruited based on the …

Centre for Longitudinal Studies at University College London houses the 1958, 1970 and
2000 cohorts. Elliott and Shepherd 7 describe the BCS70 study up to 2004, when the cohort …