Järvinen, Heli
Tolppanen, Anna-Maija
Hartikainen, Sirpa
Funding for this research was provided by:
Päivikki ja Sakari Sohlbergin Säätiö
Kunnanlääkäri Uulo Arhion Rahasto
Article History
Received: 21 December 2022
Accepted: 29 March 2023
First Online: 10 April 2023
Declarations
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: All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations including Declaration of Helsinki, the European General Data Protection Regulation, and national legislation. The MEDALZ study plan was approved by the register maintainers. All data were pseudonymized before submission to the research team and study participants were not contacted. Thus, according to Finnish law (including Personal Data Act 23/1999, Act on the Openness of Government Activities 621/1999 and Act on the Secondary Use of Health and Social Data 552/2019 (and previous Act on the National Healthcare registers, not official English translation as this is not available 556/1989), the study has been granted an exemption from requiring ethics approval or informed consent.
: Not applicable.
: HJ has no competing interests to declare. AMT reports a research grant from Amgen, paid through the institution she is employed by, outside of the submitted work. SH reports a lecture fee from Eisai.