Cohort Profile: The Applied Research Group for Kids (TARGet Kids!).

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Published in Int J Epidemiol on June 30, 2014

Authors

Sarah Carsley1, Cornelia M Borkhoff2, Jonathon L Maguire3, Catherine S Birken4, Marina Khovratovich1, Brian McCrindle5, Colin Macarthur6, Patricia C Parkin7, TARGet Kids! Collaboration

Author Affiliations

1: Pediatric Outcomes Research Team, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.
2: Pediatric Outcomes Research Team, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, Women's College Research Institute, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
3: Pediatric Outcomes Research Team, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, Applied Health Research Centre of the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, Department of Pediatrics, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada and.
4: Pediatric Outcomes Research Team, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, Applied Health Research Centre of the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada and.
5: Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
6: Pediatric Outcomes Research Team, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada and.
7: Pediatric Outcomes Research Team, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada and patricia.parkin@sickkids.ca.

Associated clinical trials:

DO IT Trial: Vitamin D Outcomes and Interventions In Toddlers (DO IT) | NCT01419262

Iron Treatment for Young Children With Non-anemic Iron Deficiency (OptEC) | NCT01481766

TARGet Kids!: Measuring Nutrition in Young Preschool Children in the Primary Care Practice Setting (TARGet Kids!) | NCT01869530

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