One in 30 people in the UK take part in cohort studies

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
² Medical Research Council Head Office, London WC2B 4AN, UK. Electronic address: jill.pell@glasgow.ac.uk.
³ MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK.

Jill Pell et al. Lancet. 2014.

. 2014 Mar 22;383(9922):1015-6.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60412-8.

¹ Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
² Medical Research Council Head Office, London WC2B 4AN, UK. Electronic address: jill.pell@glasgow.ac.uk.
³ MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK.

No abstract available

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