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National Children's Study

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The National Children’s Study (NCS) was a longitudinal cohort study that planned to recruit participants from across the United States of America. [1]

13 relations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Child development, Children's Health Act, Cohort study, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Genetics, Health, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Pilot experiment, Prospective cohort study, United States Department of Health and Human Services, United States Environmental Protection Agency.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the leading national public health institute of the United States.

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Child development

Child development entails the biological, psychological and emotional changes that occur in human beings between birth and the end of adolescence, as the individual progresses from dependency to increasing autonomy.

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Children's Health Act

The Children's Health Act of 2000, signed by President Clinton on October 17, 2000, was brought into law to conduct a study focusing on children from before conception to 21 years of age.

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Cohort study

A cohort study is a particular form of longitudinal study that sample a cohort (a group of people who share a defining characteristic, typically those who experienced a common event in a selected period, such as birth or graduation), performing a cross-section at intervals through time.

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Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) is one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

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Genetics

Genetics is the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in living organisms.

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Health

Health is the ability of a biological system to acquire, convert, allocate, distribute, and utilize energy with maximum efficiency.

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National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) conducts research into the effects of the environment on human disease, as one of the 27 institutes and centers of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

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National Institutes of Health

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and public health research, founded in the late 1870s.

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Pilot experiment

A pilot study, pilot project, or pilot experiment is a small scale preliminary study conducted in order to evaluate feasibility, time, cost, adverse events, and improve upon the study design prior to performance of a full-scale research project.

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Prospective cohort study

A prospective cohort study is a longitudinal cohort study that follows over time a group of similar individuals (cohorts) who differ with respect to certain factors under study, to determine how these factors affect rates of a certain outcome.

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United States Department of Health and Human Services

The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), also known as the Health Department, is a cabinet-level department of the U.S. federal government with the goal of protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services.

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United States Environmental Protection Agency

The Environmental Protection Agency is an independent agency of the United States federal government for environmental protection.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Children's_Study

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