%0 Journal Article
%T Rationale for a Swedish cohort consortium
%A Anders Wanhainen
%A Andreas Rosenblad
%A Annika Rosengren
%A Bodil Svennblad
%A Cecilia Bj£¿rkelund
%A Christer Janson
%A Elisabete Weiderpass
%A H£¿kan Olsson
%A Ilona Koupil
%A Ingegerd Johansson
%A Isabel Fortier
%A Jerzy Leppert
%A Johan Sundstr£¿m
%A Jonas F. Ludvigsson
%A Lars Lind
%A Lauren Lissner
%A Magnus Stenbeck
%A Margareta Kristenson
%A Maria Storg£¿rds
%A Marieann H£¿gman
%A Nancy L. Pedersen
%A Patrik Wennberg
%A Per-Olof Hansson
%A Peter M. Nilsson
%A Stefan S£¿derberg
%A Susanne Heller
%A Sven S
%A Tomas Sn£¿ckerstr£¿m
%A Vilmantas Giedraitis
%A Ylva Trolle Lagerros
%A in
%J Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences
%D 2019
%R https://doi.org/10.1080/03009734.2018.1556754
%X Abstract We herein outline the rationale for a Swedish cohort consortium, aiming to facilitate greater use of Swedish cohorts for world-class research. Coordination of all Swedish prospective population-based cohorts in a common infrastructure would enable more precise research findings and facilitate research on rare exposures and outcomes, leading to better utilization of study participants¡¯ data, better return of funders¡¯ investments, and higher benefit to patients and populations. We motivate the proposed infrastructure partly by lessons learned from a pilot study encompassing data from 21 cohorts. We envisage a standing Swedish cohort consortium that would drive development of epidemiological research methods and strengthen the Swedish as well as international epidemiological competence, community, and competitiveness
%U https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03009734.2018.1556754