Haider, Waseem
Salonen, Laura
Funding for this research was provided by:
INVEST Research Flagship Center/Academy of Finland Flagship Program (320162 and 345546, 320162 and 345546)
Article History
Received: 4 May 2023
Accepted: 3 October 2023
First Online: 11 October 2023
Declarations
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: This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. This study was based on secondary data collected for administrative and statistical purposes. The study complies with the national legal framework for accessing pseudonymized personal data for scientific research carried out in the public interest. The informed consent was waived by the ethics committee of Statistics Finland Ethical (permission to access these data for this research purpose # TK/3279/07.03.00/2022); the legal basis is stated in the Finnish Personal Data Act (523/1999), Finnish Statistics Act (280/2004), and the EU General Data Protection Regulation (Art. 9 of the GDPR). Ethical approval was not required since the data were based on registers, according to Finnish Law [].
: Not applicable. There is no information or images in this study that could lead to the identification of a study participant.
: The authors declare no competing interests.