TY - JOUR AU - Sakhi, Amrit Kaur AU - Bastani, Nasser Ezzatkhah AU - Ellingjord-Dale, Merete AU - Gundersen, Thomas Erik AU - Blomhoff, Rune AU - Ursin, Giske PY - 2015 DA - 2015/04/11 TI - Feasibility of self-sampled dried blood spot and saliva samples sent by mail in a population-based study JO - BMC Cancer SP - 265 VL - 15 IS - 1 AB - In large epidemiological studies it is often challenging to obtain biological samples. Self-sampling by study participants using dried blood spots (DBS) technique has been suggested to overcome this challenge. DBS is a type of biosampling where blood samples are obtained by a finger-prick lancet, blotted and dried on filter paper. However, the feasibility and efficacy of collecting DBS samples from study participants in large-scale epidemiological studies is not known. The aim of the present study was to test the feasibility and response rate of collecting self-sampled DBS and saliva samples in a population–based study of women above 50 years of age. SN - 1471-2407 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-015-1275-0 DO - 10.1186/s12885-015-1275-0 ID - Sakhi2015 ER -