Berman, Ye’elah E.
Newnham, John P.
White, Scott W.
Brown, Kiarna
Doherty, Dorota A.
Article History
Received: 1 May 2022
Accepted: 15 November 2022
First Online: 4 January 2023
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the Women and Newborn Health Service Human Research Ethics Committee (RGS0000002677), the Health Department of Western Australia (RGS0000000704) and the Western Australian Aboriginal Health Ethics Committee (965). As the study included approximately 34,000 births per year, it met the criteria for a waiver of consent outlined in section 2.3 of the National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research, and this was granted by the Health Department of Western Australia Human Research Ethics Committee. All methods were carried out in accordance with the Western Australian Practice Code for the Use of Personal Health Information, and counts less than 5 were suppressed. The paper was reviewed and approved for submission by the Western Australian Data Linkage Unit.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests