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  • Epidemiology
  • Public Health
  • Perinatal Medicine

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  • Birth cohort studies are crucial for understanding causal links between prenatal/postnatal exposures and long-term health.
  • Traditional cohorts face limitations like time, cost, small size, and loss to follow-up.
  • Linking birth registers with health records enables large-scale, unselected population studies.

Discussion:

  • This special issue highlights birth cohort studies on perinatal/postnatal exposures and adverse outcomes.
  • Focus on real-world data and record linkage is increasing.
  • Topics include socioeconomic status, inflammatory bowel diseases, medication use, environmental factors, and congenital heart defects.

Key Insights:

  • Record-linkage birth cohorts provide robust data for studying diverse health outcomes.
  • Socioeconomic status, medication use, and environmental exposures are key research areas.
  • Studies examined links between early life exposures and conditions like IBD and asthma.

Outlook:

  • Future research should leverage real-world data and record linkage for comprehensive birth cohort studies.
  • Addressing challenges like data integration and bias is essential.
  • Continued focus on environmental and medical exposures will advance maternal and child health knowledge.