Nicholson, B. D. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0661-7362
Aveyard, P.
Bankhead, C. R.
Hamilton, W.
Hobbs, F. D. R.
Lay-Flurrie, S.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute for Health Research (DRF-2015-08-18)
Cancer Research UK (C8640/A23385)
Article History
Received: 29 July 2019
Accepted: 2 October 2019
First Online: 29 November 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The protocol was approved by the Independent Scientific Advisory Committee (ISAC) of the MHRA (ISAC protocol 16_164A2A). Ethics approval for observational research using the CPRD with approval from ISAC was granted by a National Research Ethics Service committee (Trent MultiResearch Ethics Committee, REC reference number 05/MRE04/87).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.