Noto, Shinichi http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6952-7770
Uemura, Takamoto
Article History
Received: 17 April 2019
Accepted: 17 January 2020
First Online: 29 January 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the Ethical Guidelines for Clinical Research of the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments. Written informed consent for responding to the surveys was obtained from all respondents after the aim of this study was explained to them.
: All individual participants provided consent to publication of this study’s results as a part of the informed consent process.
: Dr. Noto received funding for research through JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number JP 18H03031. This grant was obtained after completion of this research.