ELFE

Database name: ELFE (The French Longitudinal Study of Children)

Objective of the database: Study of the social and environmental determinants of child health and development

Database Type: Birth cohort

Date of inclusion: 2011

Brief description of patients:  Inclusion at birth

Approximate number of patients or samples included: 18 350 children

The database contains phenotypic data (human or microbiological): Yes, socio-demographic, clinical, behavioral

The database contains exposome data (environmental risk factors): Yes, air pollutants, distance to green/blue spaces, climate (models based on geographic information systems)

The database contains biological data (of what type?): On a subgroup of 2 800 max: metabolic, inflammatory biomarkers (cytokines), nutritional environmental contaminants - parent genetics - unborn child

The database contains biological data (are there any potentially exploitable samples?): Urine, serum, plasma, DNA, hair

The database contains imagery data: Yes, children's drawing ("bonhomme") at 3 and 7 years old scanned

Link to a website containing information on the database: https://www.elfe-france.fr

Contact details for more information: contact@elfe-france.fr ; https://pandora-elfe.inserm.fr/public/

Pubmed link to articles associated with the database: https://www.elfe-france.fr/fr/cote-recherche/publications/revues-scientifiques/

Additional remarks: Children still followed today