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Acknowledgements
Judith Grant received support from Cancer Research UK, the Enid Linder Foundation, the British Medical and Dental Students Trust, and Health Utilities Inc. Student Grant Program.  We thank Danielle Talsma and Danielle Hunter for data management and analysis.  The study was supported by the Children’s Cancer and Leukemia Research Fund.
William Furlong has a proprietary interest in Health Utilities Inc.  Health Utilities Inc. distributes copyright HUI instrumentation and provides methodological advice on the use of HUI.

 



 


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