We need to make sure people are given informed choices when it comes to deciding what measures they can adopt to protect themselves against air pollution - this can only come about if clear health promotion is delivered to the public.
The patients were given informed consent.
This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of School of Public Health, Shandong University, and all participants were given informed written consent.
Prior to surgery, all patients were given informed written consent based on the Declaration of Helsinki.
All of the patients were given informed written consent for the AVS procedure according to the following protocol.
Human pancreatic adenocarcinoma specimens were collected from patients who underwent surgery and were given informed consent according to an IRB-approved human protocol and in accordance with NIH guidelines.
Participants were given inform consent forms and told that their participation in this study is voluntary.
Patients were given Informed Consent for biofeedback methods administered as well as Informed Consent to Research as put forth by the lead author's ethics committee of the American Psychological Association and the Association of Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback.
Healthy volunteers were screened after giving informed written consent [34].
Patients were included after giving informed written consent (next-of-kin assent in encephalopathic patients).
