Timmermans, Erik J. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3414-7196
de Koning, Elisa J.
van Schoor, Natasja M.
van der Pas, Suzan
Denkinger, Michael D.
Dennison, Elaine M.
Maggi, Stefania
Pedersen, Nancy L.
Otero, Ángel
Peter, Richard
Cooper, Cyrus
Siviero, Paola
Castell, Maria Victoria
Herbolsheimer, Florian
Edwards, Mark
Limongi, Federica
Deeg, Dorly J. H.
Schaap, Laura A.
Article History
Received: 23 August 2018
Accepted: 21 December 2018
First Online: 5 January 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All six cohort studies were approved by the Ethical Review Boards of the respective institutions (Germany: Ethical Committee of Ulm University; Italy: Ethics Committee ULSS7; the Netherlands: Medical Ethical Committee of the VU University medical center; Spain: Ethical Committee for Clinical Research of University Hospital La Paz of Madrid; Sweden: Ethics Board of Karolinska Institute; United Kingdom: The Hertfordshire Research Ethics Committee). All participants gave written informed consent prior to the start of the study.
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