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Cohort Profile: the China-Anhui Birth Cohort Study.

Authors :
Tao FB
Hao JH
Huang K
Su PY
Cheng DJ
Xing XY
Huang ZH
Zhang JL
Tong SL
Source :
International journal of epidemiology [Int J Epidemiol] 2013 Jun; Vol. 42 (3), pp. 709-21. Date of Electronic Publication: 2012 Jun 21.
Publication Year :
2013

Abstract

The China-Anhui Birth Cohort Study (C-ABCS) was set up to examine the delayed, cumulative and interactive effects of maternal environmental exposures on birth outcomes and children's development. The C-ABCS recruited pregnant women from six major cities of Anhui province, China, between November 2008 and October 2010. A range of data (including demographic, obstetric, occupational, nutritional and psychosocial factors) were collected by both interviews and laboratory tests. In each trimester, women's blood samples were drawn, and pregnancy complications were abstracted from physician's medical records. By the end of 2011, birth outcomes/birth defects were observed/identified by clinicians within 12 months after the delivery of 11,421 singleton live births of six cities and those outcomes among the remaining 2033 live births are still being observed. In addition, 4668 children from Ma'anshan city will be further followed up during the pre-school period till they reach adolescence to obtain the data on familial environmental exposures as well as children's physical, psychological, behavioural and sexual development. The interview data and information on laboratory examinations are available on request from archives in the Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Population Health & Aristogenics.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1464-3685
Volume :
42
Issue :
3
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
International journal of epidemiology
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
22729236
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dys085