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Dunedin health study, 1982

Dunedin health study, 1982

This is the cover of A thousand New Zealand children: their health and development from birth to seven, a 1982 report from the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study. The Dunedin study, looking at a cohort of children born in 1972/73, was the first of a range of longitudinal health studies carried out in New Zealand. In 2020 the Dunedin study continued to look at the health and social development of members of the original cohort. The study was funded by the Medical Research Council and its successor, the Health Research Council.

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Reference: R. O. McGee and P. A. Silva. A thousand New Zealand children; their health and development from birth to seven: a report from The Dunedin Multidisciplinary Child Development Study. Dunedin: Medical Research Council of New Zealand, 1982.

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Derek Dow, 'Medical research - Health Research Council, 1990 to 2010s', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/document/45818/dunedin-health-study-1982 (accessed 20 April 2024)

Story by Derek Dow, published 22 Oct 2014