MBUYA-BIENGE, Cynthia http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1363-0568
SIMARD, Marc
GAULIN, Myles
CANDAS, Bernard
SIROIS, Caroline
Funding for this research was provided by:
Réseau de recherche en santé des populations du Québec
Article History
Received: 18 May 2020
Accepted: 18 February 2021
First Online: 6 March 2021
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Approval by an ethics committee was not required for this study since it did not include any human participants and data was provided as anonymous identifiers in order to avoid identification of any individuals. Research based exclusively on secondary use of anonymous data is eligible for an exemption as cited in the article 2.4 of the Tri-Council Policy Statement (TCPS 2) from the research ethics committee of Laval University. The administrative database used to conduct this study were provided by the National Institute of Public Health.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.