@article{48fdec7155e94d92a6bea1045a4c1f59,
title = "Cohort profile: The North West Adelaide Health Study (NWAHS)",
author = "Grant, {Janet F.} and Taylor, {Anne W.} and Ruffin, {Richard E.} and Wilson, {David H.} and Phillips, {Patrick J.} and Adams, {Robert J.T.} and Kay Price",
note = "Funding Information: The study commenced in 1999, following funding from The University of Adelaide Faculty of Medicine Howard Florey Centenary Grant and Division of Health Sciences Special Medicine Research Initiative, which enabled the recruitment of approximately 2500 study participants for baseline examination primarily in 2000. In 2002–03, a further 1500 study participants were invited to join the cohort for a baseline examination, funded by the Human Services Research Initiatives Projects (HSRIP) of the South Australian Department of Human Services (now SA Health). The study achieved cohort status in May 2004 with the commencement of Stage 2 of the study when participants were invited to return for their first follow-up examination, and Stage 3 of the study (the second follow-up examination) recently started in June 2008.",
year = "2008",
month = dec,
day = "11",
doi = "10.1093/ije/dyn262",
language = "English",
volume = "38",
pages = "1479--1486",
journal = "International Journal of Epidemiology",
issn = "0300-5771",
publisher = "Oxford University Press",
number = "6",
}