Cleaning and validating longitudinal maternal and child postcode histories from a national healthcare registry for environmental health research in London, UK
One half of children in this London-based cohort moved during infancy, and one third of their mothers moved during pregnancy. This highlights the importance of taking into account changes in residential address in studies examining the association between environmental exposures and health outcomes. Cleaned and validated longitudinal national address records are crucial for environmental health studies. However, they are also resource intensive, with implications for researchers and research funders.
Authors
- Linda Wijlaars (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1222-2922)
- CHRIS DIBBEN
- Amal Rammah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0659-7680)
- Pia Hardelid (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0154-1306)
- Tom Clemens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6979-0026)
- Glory Atilola (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4678-2015)
- Steve Cunningham
- Jonathon Taylor
- Ai Milojevic
Institutions
- St George's, University of London (GB)
- Tampere University (FI)
- City, University of London (GB)
- Brock University (CA)
- Great Ormond Street Hospital (GB)
- Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (GB)
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
- Tampere University (FI)
- Centre for Inflammation Research (GB)
- University College London (GB)
- University of Edinburgh (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal for Population Data Science
- Published
- 2026-02-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v11i1.2990
- Primary Topic
- Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- UK Research and Innovation
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Medical Research Council
- Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health
- NIHR Great Ormond Street Hospital Biomedical Research Centre