TY - JOUR AB - UK Biobank is a very large and detailed prospective study with over 500,000 participantsaged 40–69 years when recruited in 2006–2010.• The study has collected and continues to collect extensive phenotypic and genotypic detailabout its participants, including data from questionnaires, physical measures, sampleassays, accelerometry, multimodal imaging, genome-wide genotyping and longitudinalfollow-up for a wide range of health-related outcomes.• Wide consultation; input from scientific, management, legal, and ethical partners; andindustrial-scale, centralised processes have been essential to the development ofthis resource.• UK Biobank is available for open access, without the need for collaboration, to any bonafide researcher who wishes to use it to conduct health-related research for the benefit ofthe public. AU - Sudlow,C AU - Gallacher,J AU - Allen,N AU - Beral,V AU - Burton,P AU - Danesh,J AU - Downey,P AU - Elliott,P AU - Green,J AU - Landray,M AU - Liu,B AU - Matthews,P AU - Ong,G AU - Pell,J AU - Silman,A AU - Young,A AU - Sprosen,T AU - Peakman,T AU - Collins,R DO - 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001779 PY - 2015/// SN - 1549-1277 TI - UK Biobank: An Open Access Resource for Identifying the Causes of a Wide Range of Complex Diseases of Middle and Old Age T2 - PLOS Medicine UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001779 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/28694 VL - 12 ER -