Gillies, Katie http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7890-2854
Bower, Peter
Elliott, Jim
MacLennan, Graeme
Newlands, Rumana S. N.
Ogden, Margaret
Treweek, Shaun P.
Wells, Mary
Witham, Miles D.
Young, Bridget
Francis, Jill J.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Chief Scientist Office (HIPS/16/46)
Wellcome Trust (GB) Institutional Strategic Skills Award
Article History
Received: 25 October 2017
Accepted: 22 February 2018
First Online: 27 March 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was granted ethical approval by the North of Scotland Research Ethics Service (NoSRES) Committee in September 2017 (ref: 17/NS/0086). We will ensure that informed consent is sought from all participants prior to their recruitment into the study.
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