title: UK Biobank: from concept to reality.
abstract: The UK Biobank is a major UK collaborative research project to recruit and follow longitudinally the health of 500,000 volunteers aged between 40-69 years. It will provide important biological samples and environmental exposure data. As such, it will constitute a resource for many future investigations of the separate and combined effects of genetic, environmental and lifestyle factors on human morbidity, mortality and health.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Integrated Genomic Medical Research, The University of Manchester, UK.
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ollier
authors.forename: Tim
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sprosen
authors.forename: Tim
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Peakman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D018070:Biological Specimen Banks / Q000941:ethics / Q000592:standards; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003628:Database Management Systems; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D036281:Genetic Research; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008875:Middle Aged; D011153:Population / Q000235:genetics; D011446:Prospective Studies; D006113:United Kingdom