Medical Research Council Cohort Studies meeting Agenda, papers and correspondence for a Cohort Studies meeting with the Medical Research Council (MRC), 13/12/1988. This includes: Agenda 'National Child Development Study (NCDS) - past, present & future', report prepared for the meeting Letter from the MRC to Dr Marsh (investigator on NCDS5 team) and Peter Shepherd explaining the need for a more formal meeting to discuss possible MRC support for NCDS5 Papers for the meeting: Wadsworth, M. E. J. 'The relationship of the 1946 birth cohort study (MRC National Survey of Health & Development) with other longitudinal studies' Shepherd, P. (1985) 'The NCDS - an introduction to the background to the study & the methods of data collection', Social Statistics Research Unit 'The Child Health & Education Study (1970 cohort)', report Golding, J. 'The British component of the multicentre ELSPAC study' 'The West of Scotland Twenty-07 study: health in the community' 1988