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Authors
Karolaakso, Tino https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7875-8079
Autio, Reija
Suontausta, Petra
Leppänen, Helena
Suokas, Kimmo
Rissanen, Päivi
Tuomisto, Martti T.
Pirkola, Sami
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Tampere University
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Article History
Received: 5 May 2023
Accepted: 2 November 2023
First Online: 13 November 2023
Declarations
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: The RETIRE – study has the approval of the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) Ethics Committee, including a privacy statement, which has performed a careful ethical consideration of this study paying particular attention to voluntariness-, consent- and data protection issues. According to Finnish legislation, and in accordance with the appraisal and approval of the THL Ethics Committee, individual informed consent was not required, because no individual could be identified due to the size of the study’s population. Licenses were obtained for the registers from each of the registrars. All study methods were carried out in accordance with ethical and privacy protection guidelines and regulations.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
