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Who should be studied and when in a longitudinal birth cohort?
Author(s) -
Golding Jean
Publication year - 2009
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 - 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2008.00998.x
Subject(s) - medicine , neurocognitive , cohort , longitudinal study , medical diagnosis , cohort study , pediatrics , demography , psychiatry , cognition , pathology , sociology
A longitudinal birth cohort study is uniquely able to collect information on exposures that antecede signs and symptoms leading to diagnoses, and on the development of neurocognitive and behaviour traits. Here we discuss the optimal time to start such a study, and criteria for inclusion and exclusion of subjects.