MRC National Survey of Health and Development

The MRC National Survey of Health and Development 1946 (NSHD) was the first ever British birth cohort study. It has collected information from birth to the current day on the health and life circumstances of five and a half thousand men and women born during a week in March 1946 throughout England, Wales, and Scotland. The study explores differences in child development by factors like social class, biological factors, health and education. Due to the length of the study it has developed into a study of ageing.

《1946年英国健康与发展国家调查》（MRC National Survey of Health and Development，简称NSHD）堪称英国首例出生队列研究。该研究自参与者出生之日起，直至今日，持续收集了英格兰、威尔士及苏格兰地区在1946年三月某周出生的五千五百名男女的健康状况和生活环境信息。研究通过社会阶层、生物学因素、健康与教育等因素，探讨了儿童发展差异。鉴于研究历时之长，其已发展成为一项老龄化研究。