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. 2020 Aug 1;49(4):1083-1084.
doi: 10.1093/ije/dyaa068.

Cohort Profile Update: The Isle of Wight Whole Population Birth Cohort (IOWBC)

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Cohort Profile Update: The Isle of Wight Whole Population Birth Cohort (IOWBC)

S Hasan Arshad et al. Int J Epidemiol. .
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Figure 1
Flow diagram showing recruitment and assessment of F1 (parents) and F2 (children). Overall, 441 mothers and 530 children were recruited; 135 (25%) mother/children pairs were recruited postnatally, and in these pregnancy questionnaires were completed retrospectively. The percentages at different ages represent number of mothers out of mothers who became pregnant or children assessed out of number of children who have reached that age.

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