Thomas-Seale, L. E. J. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3959-6513
Kanagalingam, Sanjeevan
Kirkman-Brown, J. C.
Attallah, M. M.
Espino, D. M.
Shepherd, D. E. T.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/N005309/1)
Article History
Accepted: 2 March 2022
First Online: 8 August 2022
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: Ethical approval for the research study (ERN_17-0637) was granted by the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Ethical Review Committee at The University of Birmingham.
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