Million Women Study, England, Scotland
Initiatives
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Risk of breast cancer and other conditions associated with the use of menopausal hormones; obesity, behaviour, behaviours and its t effects on women’s risk of developing or dying from different types of cancer, heart disease, stroke, dementia and other mental and neurodegenerative disorders.
- Start Year
- 1996
- End Year
- 2001
- Funding
- UK Medical Research Council and Cancer Research UK
- Supplementary Information
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Million_Women_Study
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Design
- Study design
- Population cohort
- Follow Up
- Study participants are sent postal resurvey questionnaires every 3-5 years.
Marker Paper
The Million Women Study Collaborative Group. The Million Women Study: design and characteristics of the study population.. Breast Cancer Res 1999;1:73–80. doi:10.1186/bcr16
PUBMED 29873753
Recruitment
- Sources of Recruitment
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- Individuals
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 700,000
- Number of participants with biosamples
- Supplementary Information
- The study includes 1 in 4 of all UK women born between 1935 and 1950.
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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Availability of access information
On the study website : http://www.millionwomenstudy.org/introduction/