Laatikainen, Reijo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2907-0291
Jalanka, Jonna
Loponen, Jussi
Hongisto, Sanna-Maria
Hillilä, Markku
Koskenpato, Jari
Korpela, Riitta
Salonen, Anne
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fazer (None)
Article History
Received: 13 June 2018
Accepted: 6 February 2019
First Online: 6 March 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was approved by the ethics committee of the Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa and all participants provided written informed consent.
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: RL has written a Finnish book on irritable bowel syndrome and diet. He is also the founder and owner of Booston Ltd., which provides IBS-related dietetic services to IBS patients, healthcare professionals and various organisations. S-MH and JL are employees of Fazer Group. Other authors do not report any competing interests.
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