Boscart, Veronique M
Sidani, Souraya
Poss, Jeffrey
Davey, Meaghan
d’Avernas, Josie
Brown, Paul
Heckman, George
Ploeg, Jenny
Costa, Andrew P
Funding for this research was provided by:
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (137020)
Article History
Received: 16 July 2017
Accepted: 20 September 2018
First Online: 3 October 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by the Conestoga College Research Ethics Board (REB-118) Hamilton Integrated Research Ethics Board (0739D – McMaster University). Participant consent was not required given that the data used in this study were from existing anonymized records in compliance with the requirements for the secondary use of health information outlined in our provincial legislation (Province of Ontario Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004, S.O. 2004, c. 3, Sched. A).
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