Feakins, Benjamin G. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3928-6750
McFadden, Emily C.
Farmer, Andrew J.
Stevens, Richard J.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute for Health Research School for Primary Care Research (BZRUCM10 BZ08.1)
Article History
Received: 11 January 2018
Accepted: 29 May 2018
First Online: 23 July 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The protocol for this research was approved by the Independent Scientific Advisory Committee (ISAC) of the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (protocol number 15_011A), and the approved protocol was made available to the journal and reviewers during peer review. Ethical approval for observational research using the CPRD with approval from ISAC has been granted by a National Research Ethics Service committee (Trent MultiResearch Ethics Committee, REC reference number 05/MRE04/87).
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