Lau, Chung-Ho E.
Siskos, Alexandros P.
Maitre, Léa
Robinson, Oliver
Athersuch, Toby J.
Want, Elizabeth J.
Urquiza, Jose
Casas, Maribel
Vafeiadi, Marina
Roumeliotaki, Theano
McEachan, Rosemary R. C.
Azad, Rafaq
Haug, Line S.
Meltzer, Helle M.
Andrusaityte, Sandra
Petraviciene, Inga
Grazuleviciene, Regina
Thomsen, Cathrine
Wright, John
Slama, Remy
Chatzi, Leda
Vrijheid, Martine
Keun, Hector C.
Coen, Muireann
Article History
Received: 17 May 2018
Accepted: 10 October 2018
First Online: 8 November 2018
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: Research has been carried out according to the international and national guidelines and regulations (including the Declaration of Helsinki). The work was covered by ethics approvals from each cohort, and participants were asked to sign an informed consent form for the specific HELIX work including clinical examination and biospecimen collection and analysis. Informed consent was obtained from all subjects. Ethics approvals were obtained from the following committees:BiB: Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - The Research Management & Support Office, Bradford Institute for Health Research (REC no: 14/YH/0013). EDEN: Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (ANSM Ref: 140567-B81), Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL-CCTIRS Décision DR-2014-593/Demande d’autorisation no. 914630), Direction générale de la recherche et de l’innovation - Comité consultatif sur le traitement de l’information en matière de recherche dans le domaine de la santé (n° 14.574), Comité de protection des personnes (CPP) - CHU Poitiers (2013-A01839-36). INMA -Sabadell: Comité Ético de Inverticación Clínica Parc de Salut MAR (N°2005/2106/l). KANC: LIETUVOS BIOETIKOS KOMITETAS (projekto Nr. 282996). MoBa: Regional komité for medisinsk og helsefaglig forskningsetikk (REK sør-øst, Ref: 2013/1628b). Rhea: ETHICAL COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION, CRETE (no. 14694/5-11-2013).
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