Kaszuba, Elzbieta http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9808-6604
Odeberg, Håkan
Råstam, Lennart
Halling, Anders
Funding for this research was provided by:
Blekinge County Council (16453189 project code 7116)
Skåne County Council (4068)
Article History
Received: 20 February 2018
Accepted: 13 November 2018
First Online: 24 November 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study has been approved by the Research Ethics Committee at Lund University.No 2015/169.The data from the Blekinge County Council health care register were used after special permission. The individual consent to participate was waived by the ethics committee in agreement with Swedish law and national guidelines regarding large register studies. Thus, presumed consent to participate was used. Detailed information about the study was published in two major local newspapers with contact information to the first author. The participants could have their data excluded from the study without giving a reason for this by contacting the first author through e-mail or telephone.
: Obtained by presumed consent in accordance with decision of the Research Ethics Committee at Lund University No 2015/169. No data were published at an individual level.
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