| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 10-13 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Journal of Chemical Health and Safety |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 25 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:All authors have completed the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors uniform disclosure form at www.icmje.org/ coi_disclosure.pdf and declare the following: over the past 5 years Ben Goldacre has received research funding from the Laura and John Arnold Foundation, the NHS, NIHR, the NIHR School of Primary Care Research, the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, the Mohn-Westlake Foundation, NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Oxford and Thames Valley, the Wellcome Trust, the Good Thinking Foundation, Health Data Research UK, the Health Foundation, and the World Health Organization; he also receives personal income from speaking and writing for lay audiences on the misuse of science. Krishnan Bhaskaran holds a Sir Henry Dale fellowship jointly funded by Wellcome and the Royal Society (reference: 107731/Z/15/Z). Helen I McDonald is funded by the NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Immunisation, a partnership between Public Health England and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Angel YS Wong holds a fellowship from the British Heart Foundation. Elizabeth J Williamson holds grants from the Medical Research Council (MRC). Rohini Mathur holds a Sir Henry Wellcome Fellowship funded by the Wellcome Trust (reference: 201375/Z/16/Z). Harriet Forbes holds a UKRI fellowship. Ian J Douglas has received unrestricted research grants and holds shares in GlaxoSmithKline.
Funding Information:
This study was jointly funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), and Asthma UK-BLF (reference numbers: COV0076; MR/ V015737/), and the Longitudinal Health and Wellbeing strand of the National Core Studies programme. EMIS and TPP provided technical expertise and infrastructure within their data environments pro bono in the context of a national emergency. The OpenSAFELY software platform is supported by a Wellcome Discretionary Award. Ben Goldacre’s work on clinical informatics is supported by the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre and the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Oxford and Thames Valley. Funders had no role in the study design, collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; and in the decision to submit the article for publication. The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the NIHR, NHS England, Public Health England, or the Department of Health and Social Care.