Children's Health and the Environment in the Faroes - COHORT 2 (CHEF)
The CHEF research projects focus on the health of children and adults in the Faroe Islands, Denmark, with an emphasis on the impact of seafood diets and marine contaminants. Cohort 2 was established during a 12-month period in 1994 and 1995 and included 182 singleton term births from consecutive births at the National Hospital in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands. Subsequent examinations were completed at age 18 months and then at 12-month intervals up to age 66 months.
Study design
Cohort - birth
Number of participants at first data collection
182 (participants)
Age at first data collection
Birth (participants)
Participant year of birth
1994 - 1995 (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Countries
Year of first data collection
1994
Primary Institutions
Faroese Hospital System (Healthcare/Medical, Faroe Islands)
Harvard University (Academic, United States of America)
University of Southern Denmark (Syddansk Universitet, SDU) (Academic, Denmark)
Links
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program (Government, Norway)
Danish Medical Research Council (Research council, Denmark)
Danish Research Council (Research council, Denmark)
European Commission (Government, Europe)
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) (Government, United States of America)
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Self-completed questionnaire – unspecified
- None
- None
- None
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
