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Acta Paediatrica, 1999
The Danish neonatal screening program analyses dried blood spot samples (DBSS) from close to 70 000 newborns annually from Denmark, Greenland and the Faroe Islands. Since 1982, all DBSS have been stored in a biological specimen bank at −20°C as a routine procedure after analysis.
B, Nørgaard-Pedersen, H, Simonsen
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Biological specimen banking in Arctic research: An Alaska perspective

Science of The Total Environment, 1993
The cryogenic archival of biological specimens for retrospective analysis is of significant value for present and future research on population genetics, pathology, systematics, toxicology and environmental monitoring. This realization is emphasized by the increasing support of this activity by various government agencies, institutions and ...
P R, Becker, B J, Koster, S A, Wise, R, Zeisler +3 more
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Combining chemical and biological endpoints, a major challenge for twenty-first century’s environmental specimen banks

Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2014
Environmental specimen banks (ESBs) are not a new phenomenon, but in the last decades, the steep rate in the establishment of new ESBs is a sign to address new research approaches for scientists. In this way, environmental biobanking is becoming a well-organized and effective vehicle to collect samples of high quality making them available for future ...
Larraitz, Garmendia +4 more
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