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Authors
Heikkala, Eveliina
Jokelainen, Jari
Mikkola, Ilona
Auvinen, Juha
Hagnäs, Maria
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
The Finnish Cultural Foundation
The Sakari Alhopuro Foundation
University of Oulu including Oulu University Hospital
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Article History
Received: 30 November 2022
Accepted: 24 March 2023
First Online: 5 April 2023
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Lapland Central Hospital, Rovaniemi, Finland (Reg. no.05/2018). The Ethics Committee of the Lapland Hospital District confirmed the ethics approval to the current study as the study is performed in the Lapland District which the city of Rovaniemi belongs to. Informed consent to participate from patients was deemed unnecessary in accordance with Finnish legislation (Personal Data Act 523/1999). All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations. The access to the raw data used in the present study was authorized by the administrative senior physician of the city of Rovaniemi, Lapland, Finland. Only pseudoanonymized data were used.
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
