title: Critical issues in international biobanking.
authors.affiliation: Editor, Biopreservation & Biobanking, and President-elect, International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories, Rockville, MD; vaughtj@mail.nih.gov.
authors.forename: Jim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vaught
authors.affiliation: Chief Pathologist and Head, Division of Haematology, University of Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa;
authors.forename: Akin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abayomi
authors.affiliation: Deputy CEO, UK Biobank, Adswood, Stockport, UK;
authors.forename: Tim
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Peakman
authors.affiliation: Professor, Department of Pathology, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC, Canada; Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada;
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Watson
authors.affiliation: Project Manager, Office of Biobank Education and Research, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia-Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada, and Deeley Research Centre, Victoria, BC, Canada;
authors.forename: Lise
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Matzke
authors.affiliation: Chief, Biorepositories and Biospecimen Research Branch, Cancer Diagnosis Program, US National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD.
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Moore
mesh_terms: D018070:Biological Specimen Banks / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D011786:Quality Control