Early-Life Exposures, Neurodevelopment, and Health Outcomes: Protocol for a Birth Cohort Study

Tor A Strand   ^{1, 2} , Prof Dr Med ;   Maria Averina   ^{3, 4} , MD, PhD ;   Kjersti Sletten Bakken   ^{1, 2} , PhD ;   Sudha Basnet   ⁵ , MD, PhD ;   Yvonne Böttcher   ^{6, 7} , PhD ;   Sandra Huber   ³ , PhD ;   Mari Hysing   ⁸ , PhD ;   Ingrid Kvestad   ¹ , PhD ;   Torben Lüders   ⁶ , PhD ;   Adrian McCann   ¹ , PhD ;   Dhiraj Pokhrel   ⁹ ;   Suman Ranjitkar   ^{8, 10} ;   Arun K Sharma   ^{2, 5} , MD ;   Merina Shrestha   ⁵ , MD ;   Manjeswori Ulak   ^{5, 10} , MD, PhD ;   Ram K Chandyo   ^{10, 11} , MD, PhD

¹ Innlandet Hospital Trust, Lillehammer, Norway

² Centre for International Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

³ Department of Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway

⁴ Department of Clinical Medicine, The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway

⁵ Department of Pediatrics, Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal

⁶ Clinical Molecular Biology, EpiGen, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

⁷ EpiGen, Medical Division, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway

⁸ Department of Psychosocial Science, Faculty of Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

⁹ LEADERS Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal

¹⁰ Siddhi Memorial Hospital, Bhaktapur, Nepal

¹¹ Kathmandu Medical College, Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal