Weberpals, Janick https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0404-7394
Jansen, Lina
van Herk-Sukel, Myrthe P. P.
Kuiper, Josephina G.
Aarts, Mieke J.
Vissers, Pauline A. J.
Brenner, Hermann
Article History
Received: 11 May 2017
Accepted: 23 August 2017
First Online: 1 September 2017
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Dr. MPP van Herk-Sukel and JG Kuiper are employees of the PHARMO Institute for Drug Outcomes Research. This independent research institute performs financially supported studies for government and related healthcare authorities and several pharmaceutical companies.
: For the used data ethical approval or informed consent is not necessary according to the Dutch law regarding human medical scientific research (WMO), because of the use of de-identified data from existing databases without any direct enrollment of subjects.