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The birth cohorts grow up: new opportunities for epidemiology
Author(s) -
Susser Ezra,
Terry Mary Beth,
Matte Thomas
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
paediatric and perinatal epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.667
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1365-3016
pISSN - 0269-5022
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-3016.2000.00249.x
Subject(s) - epidemiology , medicine , demography , pathology , sociology
The emerging ‘life‐course cohorts’ are a powerful new resource in epidemiology. These are cohorts followed from early gestation until the end of life. 1 We shall deal in turn with the history of this phenomenon, the implications for epidemiological research and the consequences for the field of epidemiology itself.