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Erosion of representativeness in a cohort study

2020-02-14 epidemiology Title + abstract only
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BackgroundThe National Child and Development Study (1958 British Birth Cohort) follows the lives of over 17 000 people born in a single week in England, Scotland, and Wales. Since the initial recruitment there have been nine sweeps to gather subsequent life-course data, and a Biomedical Sweep (Age 44) - between Sweeps 6 (Age 42) and 7 (Age 46) - that has found widespread application in genetic studies. Due to its non-selective recruitment, the survey is frequently used as a representative proxy ...

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