Wentzel, Annemarie
Malan, Leoné http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3187-2410
Smith, Wayne
von Känel, Roland
Malan, Nicolaas T.
Article History
Received: 14 June 2018
Revised: 8 August 2018
Accepted: 18 October 2018
First Online: 9 November 2018
Compliance with Ethical Standards
: The SABPA study obtained ethical approval from the Health Research Ethics Committee (HREC) of the NWU and extended approval was granted for the second phase (ethics number: NWU-00036-07-S6). Written informed consent was obtained from all volunteers prior to participation. All procedures and objectives were explained to the participants prior to their recruitment and adhered to the applicable institutional guidelines and terms, as stated by the Declaration of Helsinki (2004). Please also refer to uploaded SABPA Protocol article.
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: None.