Blank, Patricia R. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0180-3468
Tomonaga, Yuki
Szucs, Thomas D.
Schwenkglenks, Matthias
Funding for this research was provided by:
Vifor AG
Article History
Received: 15 February 2017
Accepted: 15 February 2019
First Online: 26 February 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The data stem from a survey within a consumer panel. The participation in the panel is voluntary, non-binding and anonymously. At the beginning of the survey, participants, consent to take part is explicitly asked. The survey among consumer panels was conducted in line with the Swiss law of data protection and the national and international codes on market and social research guidelines which also include ethical principles [CitationRef removed–CitationRef removed]. No specific ethical approval was required for this type of research, as no identifiers were collected (according to the Swiss Human Research Act, Article 2, ExternalRef removed).
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