Howard-Azzeh, Mohammad
Wasfi, Rania
Kakkar, Tanya
Flynn, Mallory
Rotondo, Jenny
Schleihauf, Emily
Bowes, Matthew
Rees, Erin E.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Health Canada
Article History
Received: 23 January 2024
Accepted: 17 May 2024
First Online: 20 June 2024
Declarations
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: This study was reviewed and approved by the Public Health Agency of Canada Research Ethics Board, the University of Manitoba Health Research Ethics Board, and the Newfoundland and Labrador Health Research Ethics Board. The data used in this study was anonymized. The Research Ethics Boards reviewed our privacy protocol and considered our data non-identifiable and not require consent. Therefore informed consent was not obtained from the next of kin of decedents as the project relies exclusively on the secondary data use of non-identifiable information based on Article 5.5B of the Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.