title: [Constitution of a bank of biological material in the French Gazel cohort: logistical and practical aspects].
abstract: The Gazel cohort was launched in January 1989 among workers of the French national electricity and gas company to form an open and general purpose epidemiological laboratory. More than 20.000 workers (15.000 men, 5.000 women), aged from 35 to 50 volunteered to participate. One of the objectives of this cohort was the constitution of a bank of biological material aiming to collect and preserve various biological samples (serum, plasma, DNA, etc). This paper details the organisation of the bank and presents a feasability study concerning 2.000 volunteers.
authors.affiliation: INSERM U88, HNSM, 14, rue du Val-d'Osne, 94410 Saint-Maurice. marie.Zins@st-maurice.inserm.fr
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zins
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ozguler
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bonenfant
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Henny
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goldberg
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018070:Biological Specimen Banks / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003219:Confidentiality; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000379:methods*