Katika, Tina https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8608-5911
Karaseitanidis, Ioannis
Tsiakou, Dimitra
Makropoulos, Christos
Amditis, Angelos
Funding for this research was provided by:
horizon 2020 (776541)
Article History
Received: 24 June 2021
Accepted: 22 November 2021
First Online: 3 February 2022
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: All participants provided written informed consent prior to enrolment in the study as indicated in the section above. No participant was allowed to proceed further with the web survey unless consent to participate was given.
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: The authors declare no competing interests.