LIFEWORK
Initiatives
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LIFEWORK is a large federated prospective cohort established in the Netherlands to quantify the health effects of occupational and environmental exposures. This cohort is also the Dutch contribution to the international Cohort Study of Mobile Phone Use and Health (COSMOS).
Note: All published information has been collected from the article referenced in the Marker Paper box below. Therefore, there may be variations with more advanced versions of the study.
- Start Year
- 2011
Design
- Study design
- Population cohort
- Follow Up
- The intention is to continue to collect questionnaire data every 4–5 years, contingent on funding.
Marker Paper
Reedijk M, Lenters V, Slottje P, et al. Cohort profile: LIFEWORK, a prospective cohort study on occupational and environmental risk factors and health in the Netherlands. BMJ Open. 2018;8(2):e018504. Published 2018 Feb 3. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018504
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Recruitment
- Sources of Recruitment
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- Individuals
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 88,466
- Number of participants with biosamples
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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Timeline
lifework
88 466 participants were enrolled in three cohort studies in 2011-2012. Exposure information was collected by a harmonised core questionnaire, or modelled based on occupational and residential histories; domains include air pollution (eg, nitrogen dioxide (NO2), particulate matter with diameter ≤2.5 µm (PM2.5)), noise, electromagnetic fields (EMF), mobile phone use, shift work and occupational chemical exposures.
Selection Criteria
- Minimum age
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19
- Maximum age
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87
- Newborns
- Twins
- Countries
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- Netherlands
- Ethnic Origin
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- Health Status
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Recruitment
- Sources of recruitment
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- General population
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 88,466
- Number of participants with biosamples
Data Collection Event
This prospective cohort offers a unique, large and rich resource for research on contemporary occupational and environmental health risks and will contribute to the large international COSMOS study on mobile phone use and health.
- Start Date
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2011
- Data sources
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Mobile data collection
- Mobile phone
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Mobile data collection