TY - JOUR AU - Al Kuwari, Hanan AU - Al Thani, Asma AU - Al Marri, Ajayeb AU - Al Kaabi, Abdulla AU - Abderrahim, Hadi AU - Afifi, Nahla AU - Qafoud, Fatima AU - Chan, Queenie AU - Tzoulaki, Ioanna AU - Downey, Paul AU - Ward, Heather AU - Murphy, Neil AU - Riboli, Elio AU - Elliott, Paul PY - 2015 DA - 2015/12/03 TI - The Qatar Biobank: background and methods JO - BMC Public Health SP - 1208 VL - 15 IS - 1 AB - The Qatar Biobank aims to collect extensive lifestyle, clinical, and biological information from up to 60,000 men and women Qatari nationals and long-term residents (individuals living in the country for ≥15 years) aged ≥18 years (approximately one-fifth of all Qatari citizens), to follow up these same individuals over the long term to record any subsequent disease, and hence to study the causes and progression of disease, and disease burden, in the Qatari population. SN - 1471-2458 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-2522-7 DO - 10.1186/s12889-015-2522-7 ID - Al Kuwari2015 ER -