Münster, Eva
Letzel, Stephan
Passet-Wittig, Jasmin
Schneider, Norbert F.
Schuhrke, Bettina
Seufert, Rudolf
Zier, Ulrike
Funding for this research was provided by:
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Article History
Received: 17 July 2016
Accepted: 23 February 2018
First Online: 5 March 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The PinK study was presented to the Commissioner for Data Protection of Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse and was approved by the ethics committees of the State Chambers of Medicine of both federal states in Germany. Participants received an information sheet briefing them on the purpose of the study as well as on the anonymity and the voluntariness of participation. Participants consented by using the return envelope to send in the questionnaire.
: All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Consent to publish by participants was not applicable due to the manuscript containing no information by which participants can be personally identified.
: RS is head of the fertility centre of the University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. The other authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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