Pooling birth cohorts in allergy and asthma: European Union-funded initiatives - a MeDALL, CHICOS, ENRIECO, and GA²LEN joint paper
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Pooling birth cohorts in allergy and asthma : European Union-funded initiatives - a MeDALL, CHICOS, ENRIECO, and GA²LEN joint paper. / Bousquet, Jean; Anto, Josep; Sunyer, Jordi; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark; Vrijheid, Martine; Keil, Thomas; MeDALL Study Group ; Andersen, Anne-Marie Nybo.
In: International Archives of Allergy and Immunology, Vol. 161, No. 1, 2013, p. 1-10.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Pooling birth cohorts in allergy and asthma
T2 - European Union-funded initiatives - a MeDALL, CHICOS, ENRIECO, and GA²LEN joint paper
AU - Bousquet, Jean
AU - Anto, Josep
AU - Sunyer, Jordi
AU - Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark
AU - Vrijheid, Martine
AU - Keil, Thomas
AU - MeDALL Study Group
AU - Andersen, Anne-Marie Nybo
N1 - Copyright © 2012 S. Karger AG, Basel.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Long-term birth cohort studies are essential to understanding the life course and childhood predictors of allergy and the complex interplay between genes and the environment (including lifestyle and socioeconomic determinants). Over 100 cohorts focusing on asthma and allergy have been initiated in the world over the past 30 years. Since 2004, several research initiatives funded under the EU Framework Program for Research and Technological Development FP6-FP7 have attempted to identify, compare, and evaluate pooling data from existing European birth cohorts (GA(2)LEN: Global Allergy and European Network, FP6; ENRIECO: Environmental Health Risks in European Birth Cohorts, FP7; CHICOS: Developing a Child Cohort Research Strategy for Europe, FP7; MeDALL: Mechanisms of the Development of ALLergy, FP7). However, there is a general lack of knowledge about these initiatives and their potentials. The aim of this paper is to review current and past EU-funded projects in order to make a summary of their goals and achievements and to suggest future research needs of these European birth cohort networks.
AB - Long-term birth cohort studies are essential to understanding the life course and childhood predictors of allergy and the complex interplay between genes and the environment (including lifestyle and socioeconomic determinants). Over 100 cohorts focusing on asthma and allergy have been initiated in the world over the past 30 years. Since 2004, several research initiatives funded under the EU Framework Program for Research and Technological Development FP6-FP7 have attempted to identify, compare, and evaluate pooling data from existing European birth cohorts (GA(2)LEN: Global Allergy and European Network, FP6; ENRIECO: Environmental Health Risks in European Birth Cohorts, FP7; CHICOS: Developing a Child Cohort Research Strategy for Europe, FP7; MeDALL: Mechanisms of the Development of ALLergy, FP7). However, there is a general lack of knowledge about these initiatives and their potentials. The aim of this paper is to review current and past EU-funded projects in order to make a summary of their goals and achievements and to suggest future research needs of these European birth cohort networks.
KW - Asthma
KW - Cohort Studies
KW - Environmental Exposure
KW - Europe
KW - European Union
KW - Humans
KW - Hypersensitivity
KW - Longitudinal Studies
KW - Multicenter Studies as Topic
KW - Risk Factors
U2 - 10.1159/000343018
DO - 10.1159/000343018
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 23258290
VL - 161
SP - 1
EP - 10
JO - International Archives of Allergy and Immunology
JF - International Archives of Allergy and Immunology
SN - 1018-2438
IS - 1
ER -
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