Satkunam, Meloja
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Anderson, Laura N.
Carsley, Sarah
Maguire, Jonathon L.
Parkin, Patricia C.
Sprague, Ann E.
Ball, Geoff D. C.
Birken, Catherine S.
Article History
Received: 4 September 2017
Accepted: 10 January 2018
First Online: 30 May 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: JLM received an unrestricted research grant for a completed investigator-initiated study from the Dairy Farmers of Canada (2011–2012) and Ddrops provided non-financial support (vitamin D supplements) for an investigator-initiated study on vitamin D and respiratory tract infections (2011–2015). PCP received unrestricted research grants for completed investigator-initiated studies from Danone Institute of Canada (2002–2004 and 2006–2009), Dairy Farmers of Ontario (2008–2010), and Mead Johnson Nutrition provided non-financial support (Fer-In-Sol® liquid iron supplement) (2011–2017) for an ongoing investigator-initiated trial of iron deficiency in young children that was funded by Canadian Institutes of Health Research (FRN # 115059). These agencies had no role in the design, collection, analyses or interpretation of the results of this study or in the preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript. All other authors declare they have no conflicts of interest.