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Cohort profile: The Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa)
International Journal of Epidemiology · 2006 · Vol. 35(5) · pp. 1146–1150
Per Magnus✉(Norwegian Institute of Public Health)Lorentz M. Irgens(Norwegian Institute of Public Health)Kjell Haug(University of Bergen)Wenche Nystad(Norwegian Institute of Public Health)Rolv Skjærven(University of Bergen)Camilla Stoltenberg(Norwegian Institute of Public Health)
Abstract
The Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa) was planned in the 1990s partly by researchers at the Medical Birth Registry of Norway (MBRN) 1 and partly by researchers at the National Institute of Public Health (from 2002 comprising MBRN as well as other institutions and renamed the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH). The study had a long planning phase involving many scientists who contributed ideas that helped to design questionnaires and to structure the biobank, which is described in detail elsewhere. 2 Collaboration was established with the Danish Birth Cohort Study, 3
Birth, Development, and HealthHealth, Environment, Cognitive AgingHealth disparities and outcomesNorwegianCohortCohort studyMedicineEnvironmental healthDemographyPsychologyInternal medicineSociology
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- Norges Forskningsråd
- National Institutes of Health
- Norwegian Institute of Public Health
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