PLoS Medicine (Mar 2015)

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

  • Cathie Sudlow,
  • John Gallacher,
  • Naomi Allen,
  • Valerie Beral,
  • Paul Burton,
  • John Danesh,
  • Paul Downey,
  • Paul Elliott,
  • Jane Green,
  • Martin Landray,
  • Bette Liu,
  • Paul Matthews,
  • Giok Ong,
  • Jill Pell,
  • Alan Silman,
  • Alan Young,
  • Tim Sprosen,
  • Tim Peakman,
  • Rory Collins

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001779
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 3
p. e1001779

Abstract

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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.