Labuschagne, Lisanne J. E.
Smorenburg, Naomi
van de Kassteele, Jan
Bom, Ben
de Weerdt, Anne C.
de Melker, Hester E.
Hahné, Susan J. M.
Article History
Received: 29 March 2023
Accepted: 23 August 2023
First Online: 2 September 2023
Declarations
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: All methods in this study were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations of the Declaration of Helsinki. The Centre for Clinical Expertise at the RIVM assessed the above-mentioned research proposal and verified whether the work complies with the specific conditions as stated in article 1 of the Dutch law on Medical Research Involving Human Subjects (WMO) (ExternalRef removed). They are of the opinion that the research does not fulfil one or both of these conditions and therefore conclude that approval from the ethical research committee was deemed unnecessary, as the study was based on ecological data. Data was only included for vaccinated individuals who have consented for this information to be registered in CIMS. No administrative permissions were required to access the raw data used in our study, since the data about vaccine uptake from CIMS for which consent was given are owned by RIVM and data on determinants at neighbourhood level were publicly available.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.