JRS worked with JASJ on the development of the instrument and the protocol for collection of data in the colonias.
JRS designed the study, and worked on the development of the instrument and the protocol for collection of data.
The protocol of sample collection has been previously described in detail [ 14].
The Institutional Review Board has approved the protocol for collection of patient blood samples.
The detailed research protocol for collection of exhaled breath samples was approved by the Institutional Review Board IRBB) at the University of Louisville.
All samples were obtained using an IRB-approved protocol for collection of de-identified breast tissue not required for histological diagnosis.
In our study, the protocol for collection of kitchen and family room dust samples did not use standard areas because they targeted furnishings or certain architectural features of the rooms, and therefore precluded estimation and analysis of units per area.
This study was conducted in tandem with the Australian case control study and used a common protocol for collection of phenotype and sun exposure measures to facilitate comparisons among the datasets.
The institutional review boards of Tokyo Women's Medical University approved the protocol for collection and testing of vitreous fluid samples.
The institutional review boards of Tokyo Women's Medical University and Eguchi Eye Hospital both approved the protocol for collection and testing of vitreous fluid.
