Tehran environmental and neurodevelopmental disorders (TEND) cohort study: Phase I, feasibility assessment.
Mansour ShamsipourReihaneh PirjaniMaryam Zare JeddiMohammad EffatpanahNoushin RastkariHoma KashaniMahboobeh ShiraziMohammad Sadegh Hassanvandnull NinoKünzliMamak ShariatFatemeh Sadat JavadiGhazal ShariatpanahiGholamreza HassanpourZahra PeykarporsanAkram JamalMina Ebad ArdestaniFatemeh Sadat HoseiniHosein DaliliFatemeh Sadat NayeriAlireza MesdaghiniaKazem NaddafiSeyed Jamaleddin ShahtaheriSimin NasseriFarzad YunesianGolnaz RezaeizadehHeresh AminiKazuhito YokoyamaMohsen VigehMasoud YunesianPublished in: Journal of environmental health science & engineering (2020)
Our findings suggest that hospitals were better places for recruitment of subjects in a birth cohort in Tehran. We further concluded that birth cohort study recruitment can be improved by choosing appropriate gestational ages. Obtaining the newborn's urine, meconium, and umbilical cord blood were challenging procedures and require good collaboration between hospital staff and researchers.