Timoun Mother–Child Cohort Study
The Timoun Mother–Child Cohort study aims to investigate the impact of perinatal environmental exposure to chlordecone and expectant mothers’ diet on child development in Guadeloupe. Participants are over 1,000 pregnant women and their offspring, recruited during the women’s third trimester of pregnancy. Baseline assessment of the women occurred at enrolment from 2004 to 2007, and children were assessed at birth. Children have been followed up at three months, seven months, 18 months and seven years old.
Study design
Cohort, Cohort - birth, Cohort - primary caregiver and child
Number of participants at first data collection
1,068 (women)
1,098 (children)
Age at first data collection
Varied (women)
Birth (children)
Participant year of birth
Varied (women)
2004 - 2008 (children)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2004
Primary Institutions
French National Institute for Health and Medical Research (Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale, INSERM)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Agence nationale de la recherche (ANR)
French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail, ANSES)
French Ministry of Health (Ministère de la Santé)
French National Institute for Population Health Surveillance (Institut de veille sanitaire, InVS)
French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale, Inserm)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Interview – face-to-face
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- None
- None
- None
Engagement
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