UK Biobank: An Open Access Resource for Identifying the Causes of a Wide Range of Complex Diseases of Middle and Old Age
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- 31 March 2015
- journal article
- health in-action
- Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLoS Medicine
- Vol. 12 (3), e1001779
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001779
Abstract
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.This publication has 16 references indexed in Scilit:
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