Children of the 1950s

From infancy to adulthood - a study of health in Aberdeen

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A comprehensive description of the background of the study and its current status has been published in:

Batty G D, Morton S M B, Campbell D, Clark H, Davey Smith G, Hall M, Macintyre S, Leon D A.
The Aberdeen Children of the 1950s cohort study: background, methods and follow-up information as a new resource for the study of life course and intergenerational influences on health. Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology 2004; 18: 221-239 PubMed

Leon D A, Lawlor D A, Clark H, Macintyre S
Cohort profile: the Aberdeen Children of the 1950s study. International Journal of Epidemiology. 2006 :35:549-552. PubMed

We encourage enquiries from researchers interested in analysing these data to address specific scientific questions. Please write to the email address below. Approval to obtain tabulations or to use anonymised sub-sets of the data is subject to approval by the Study Steering Group.

Children of the 1950s
Dugald Baird Centre for Research on Women's Health
Aberdeen Maternity Hospital
Cornhill Road
Aberdeen AB25 2ZL

children1950s@abdn.ac.uk