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Description:
EPIC-Oxford is the Oxford component of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC), a large multi-centre cohort study with participants enrolled from 10 European countries. The EPIC-Oxford study began in the 1990s and follows the health of 65,000 men and women living throughout the UK, many of whom are vegetarian. The main objective of EPIC Oxford is to examine how diet influences the risk of cancer, particularly for the most common types of cancer in Britain, as well as the risks of other chronic diseases.
EPIC-Europe was initiated in 1992. It involves over 500,000 people from 23 centres in 10 European countries. It is coordinated by the World Health Organization International Agency for Research on Cancer in Lyon, and supported by the European Union and national funding agencies.
EPIC-Oxford is one of two EPIC cohorts in the UK, the other is EPIC-Norfolk.
For further details on the study design, recruitment, data collection and other aspects of the EPIC-Oxford study, please visit https://www.ceu.ox.ac.uk/research/epic-oxford-1
Coverage
Spatial:
United Kingdom; United Kingdom,England; United Kingdom,Scotland; United
Kingdom,Wales; United Kingdom,Northern Ireland
Typical Age Range:
20-89
Follow Up:
> 10 Years
Pathway:
Population-based prospective cohort
Provenance
Origin
Purposes:
Study
Collection Situations:
Other
Temporal
Accrual Periodicity:
Irregular
Start Date:
19 January 1993
Time Lag:
Variable
Accessibility
Access
Access Service:
The majority of requests to analyse EPIC-Oxford data also seek to analyse data
from the whole EPIC-Europe collaboration. The data sharing guidance for
accessing EPIC-Europe data can be found at the EPIC website hosted by the World
Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer:
https://epic.iarc.fr/access/index.php for further details.
Delivery Lead Time:
Not applicable
Jurisdictions:
GB
Data Controller:
Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford
Data Processor:
Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford
Usage
Data Use Limitations:
Research use only
Data Use Requirements:
- User-specific restriction
- Project-specific restrictions
- Not for profit use
- Return to database or resource
- Publication required
- Time limit on use
Format and Standards
Vocabulary Encoding Schemes:
LOCAL
Languages:
en
Formats:
text
Observations
Statistical Population
Population Description
Population Size
Measured Property
Observation Date
Persons
Total population recruited
65411
Count
19 January 1993