Table 3.

Biological samples collected in SEPAGES volunteers.

	Before Delivery		After Delivery
Matrix	Mother	Father	Delivery (mother)	Birth (child)	2 months (child)	12 months (child)	24 months (child)	36 months (child)
Whole blood	1 EDTA tube (3 mL)	1 EDTA tube (3 mL)	1 EDTA tube (3 mL)	One drop
Serum	5 (500 µL) aliquots	5 (500 µL) aliquots	5 (500 µL) aliquots			4 (250 µL) aliquots		4 (250 µL) aliquots
Plasma (EDTA)	3 (500 µL) aliquots	3 (500 µL) aliquots	3 (500 µL) aliquots			4 (250 µL) aliquots		4 (250 µL) aliquots
Plasma Heparine	3 (500 µL) aliquots	3 (500 µL) aliquots	3 (500 µL) aliquots
Buffy Coat	1 aliquot	1 aliquot	1 aliquot			1 aliquot		1 aliquot
Blood-RNA	1 Tempus™ tube (3 mL)	1 Tempus™ tube (3 mL)	1 Tempus™ tube (3 mL)			1 Tempus™ tube (3 mL)		1 Tempus™ tube (3 mL)
Placental-RNA			3 aliquots
Placenta (PFA)			1 aliquot
Placenta			2 aliquots
Hair	~200 mg	~200 mg	~200 mg	One strand	One strand	One strand		One strand
Urine	44 to 64 samples	1 spot sample	1 spot sample	1 spot sample	9 samples	9 samples		14 samples
Stool				3 aliquots (meconium)	3 aliquots	3 aliquots	3 aliquots	3 aliquots
Milk			3 (1.5 mL) aliquots
Buccal cells						2 samples		2 samples
Nasal cells								2 samples
Nails								10 pieces

EDTA: Ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid (anticoagulant agent). PFA: Paraformaldehyde.