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"# NICOLA: The Northern Ireland Longitudinal Study of Ageing"
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">Last modified: 28 Jul 2025"
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"## 1. Summary"
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"As the first large scale longitudinal study of ageing in Northern Ireland, NICOLA aims to help gain a better understanding of the factors that affect social and health outcomes in the older Northern Ireland population. Over time, it will inform new prevention strategies, new interventions, new models of health and social care delivery and ultimately contribute to how society should change to ensure a better quality of life for all."
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" <td id=\"T_14084_row0_col1\" class=\"data row0 col1\" >Queen's University Belfast, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Centre for Public Health. (2021). <i>NICOLA: The Northern Ireland Longitudinal Study of Ageing.</i> UK Longitudinal Linkage Collaboration (UK LLC). <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.71760/ukllc-series-00015\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://doi.org/10.71760/ukllc-series-00015</a></td>\n",
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" <td id=\"T_14084_row8_col1\" class=\"data row8 col1\" >See <a href=\"https://guidebook.ukllc.ac.uk/docs/lps/linkages/lps_linkages\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here</a></td>\n",
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" <td id=\"T_14084_row9_col0\" class=\"data row9 col0\" >Inclusion in Linkages</td>\n",
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" <td id=\"T_14084_row10_col1\" class=\"data row10 col1\" > <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyad026\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">10.1093/ije/dyad026</a></td>\n",
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" <td id=\"T_14084_row11_col1\" class=\"data row11 col1\" ><p><a href=\"https://www.qub.ac.uk/sites/NICOLA/\">qub.ac.uk</a></p></td>\n",
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"## 2. Linkage Rates"
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"## 3. Documentation"
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