The Walker Project: a longitudinal study of 48,000 children born 1952-1966 (aged 36-50 years in 2002) and their families.

The Walker cohort is a database of over 48,000 birth records that has recently become available. It contains meticulously recorded details of pregnancy, labour, birth and care before discharge for babies born in hospital in Dundee, Scotland between 1952 and 1966. These babies accounted for 75% of all births in Dundee at this time.