UK biobank: an open access resource for identifying the causes of a wide range of complex diseases of middle and old age

Cathie Sudlow and colleagues describe the UK Biobank, a large population-based prospective study, established to allow investigation of the genetic and non-genetic determinants of the diseases of middle and old age.

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Published in:PLoS medicine 2015-03, Vol.12 (3), p.e1001779-e1001779
Main Authors: Sudlow, Cathie, Gallacher, John, Allen, Naomi, Beral, Valerie, Burton, Paul, Danesh, John, Downey, Paul, Elliott, Paul, Green, Jane, Landray, Martin, Liu, Bette, Matthews, Paul, Ong, Giok, Pell, Jill, Silman, Alan, Young, Alan, Sprosen, Tim, Peakman, Tim, Collins, Rory
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Language:English
Subjects:
Access to Information
Adult
Age
Aged
Aging
Biological Specimen Banks
Councils
Databases, Factual
Disease
Electronic publishing
Ethics
Genomes
Genotype
Health in Action
Health risk assessment
Humans
Medical research
Middle Aged
Neoplasms - etiology
Open access
Open access journals
Phenotype
Pragmatism
Prospective Studies
Services
Studies
United Kingdom
Working groups
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Summary:Cathie Sudlow and colleagues describe the UK Biobank, a large population-based prospective study, established to allow investigation of the genetic and non-genetic determinants of the diseases of middle and old age.
ISSN:1549-1676
1549-1277
1549-1676
DOI:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001779