Selected references

Selected references underlying the development of the B3Africa project:

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• European Commission and Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (2012). Biobanks for Europe: a challenge for governance. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union.
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• Klingström T (2013). Biobanking in emerging countries. Biopreservation and Biobanking. 11(6): 329–330.
• Mendy M, Caboux E, Sylla BS, Dillner J, Chinquee JJ, Wild C; BCNet survey participants (2015). Infrastructure and facilities for human biobanking in low- and middle-income countries: a situation analysis. Pathobiology. 81(5–6):252–260.
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