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Helen Pearson

Science

Epidemiology: Study of a Lifetime

A group of scientists started tracking thousands of British children born during one cold March week in 1946. Those children are now 65 and the data generated through careful tracking of their life history has become extremely valuable.

Helen Pearson Nature Mar 2011 15min Permalink