The 1958 Birth Cohort Resource
The full 1958BC resource may conveniently be viewed as consisting of four principal elements.
Historical resource
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Data collected for the original Perinatal Mortality Study and each of the follow-up surveys (1958 - 2007).
The resource represented by the combined Biodata, Genetic and
Biospecimen resources are collectively referred to as the Biomedical resource.
Biospecimen resources are collectively referred to as the Biomedical resource.
Biodata resource
- Information/data pertaining to measures of health and disease in the Biomedical Survey (2003)
Genetic resource
- Blood samples and transformed cell lines from the Biomedical Survey, the DNA extracted from the blood and cell lines, and the extensive genotypes that have been generated from the DNA
Biospecimen resource
- Biomedical samples (blood,urine and saliva) collected in the Biomedical Survey that are used for purposes other than generating DNA
