Eny, Karen M.
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Maguire, Jonathon L.
Dai, David W. H.
Lebovic, Gerald
Adeli, Khosrow
Hamilton, Jill K.
Hanley, Anthony J.
Mamdani, Muhammad
McCrindle, Brian W.
Tremblay, Mark S.
Parkin, Patricia C.
Birken, Catherine S.
Article History
Received: 13 June 2018
Revised: 18 February 2019
Accepted: 24 February 2019
First Online: 2 April 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: JLM received an unrestricted research grant for a completed investigator-initiated study from the Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC; 2011–2012) and Ddrops provided non-financial support for an investigator-initiated study on vitamin D and respiratory tract infections (2011–2015). PCP reports receiving a grant from Hospital for Sick Children Foundation during the conduct of the study. PCP reports receiving the following grants unrelated to this study: a grant from CIHR (FRN # 115059) for an ongoing investigator-initiated trial of iron deficiency in young children, for which Mead Johnson Nutrition provides non-financial support (Fer-In-Sol® liquid iron supplement) (2011–2017); and grants for completed investigator-initiated studies from Danone Institute of Canada (2002–2004 and 2006–2009), Dairy Farmers of Ontario (2008–2010). KA reports receiving a CIHR Foundation grant and operating funds from Roche, Beckman, and Abbott Diagnostics. Upon completion of this study, KME was hired as an employee of Nutrigenomix Inc. JKH holds the SickKids University of Toronto Mead Johnson Chair in Child Nutrition, which provides unrestricted funds for research. AJH report receiving funding from the DFC and serves on their grant review committee. CSB received a research grant from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Foundation (CAMH 2017–2020). These agencies had no role in the design, collection, analyses or interpretation of the results of this study or in the preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript. The remaining authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.