Northern Finland Birth Cohorts - 1986
Initiatives
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To examine risk factors involved in pre-term birth and intrauterine growth retardation, and the consequences of these early adverse outcomes on subsequent morbidity.
**NFBCprojectcenter@oulu.fi**
- Start Year
- 1985
- Funding
- Academy of Finland
Visit NFBC-1986
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Design
- Study design
- Population cohort
- Follow Up
- Postal questionnaires at the ages of 7, 8 and 15 / 16, 20 and 24/25 years and various hospital records and statistical register data.
Recruitment
- Sources of Recruitment
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- Families
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 9,479
- Number of participants with biosamples
- Supplementary Information
- Pregnant women and their newborns. 9362 mothers that had 9479 children
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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Availability of access information
On the study website : https://www.oulu.fi/nfbc/nfbc1966_1986