Shatwan, Israa M.
Winther, Kristian Hillert
Ellahi, Basma
Elwood, Peter
Ben-Shlomo, Yoav
Givens, Ian
Rayman, Margaret P.
Lovegrove, Julie A.
Vimaleswaran, Karani S.
Article History
Received: 25 November 2017
Accepted: 13 April 2018
First Online: 30 April 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Written informed consent was obtained from each study participant, and the study was approved by the regional Danish Data Protection Agency and Scientific Ethical Committees of Vejle and Funen counties approved the Danish study (PRECISE), the appropriate UK Local Research Ethics Committees [South Tees (ref: 99/69), Worcestershire Health Authority (ref: LREC 74/99), Norwich District (ref: LREC 99/ 141), Great Yarmouth and Waveney (under reciprocal arrangements with Norwich District LREC)] (PRECISE), the South Wales Research Ethics Committee D (CaPS).
: Written informed consent for publication was obtained from all the study participants.
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