Suka, Machi
Yamauchi, Takashi
Yanagisawa, Hiroyuki
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (16K09147)
Uehara Memorial Foundation (Research Grant)
Article History
Received: 24 January 2019
Accepted: 15 April 2019
First Online: 8 May 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study protocol was approved by the ethics committee of the Jikei University School of Medicine (reference number 28-223(8466)) and has been conducted in accordance with the Ethical Guidelines for Medical and Health Research Involving Human Subjects by the Japanese Government. Consent to participate was implied by the completion and submission of the survey. Written informed consent was omitted with the approval from the ethics committee of the Jikei University School of Medicine.
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