About the Authors
- Beverley J. Shea
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: bshea@ciet.org
Affiliations Community Information and Epidemiological Technologies (CIET), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine (EMGO Institute), Vrije Universiteit (VU) University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Lex M. Bouter
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Affiliation Executive Board, Vrije Universiteit (VU) University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Joan Peterson
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Affiliation Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Health Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Maarten Boers
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Vrije Universiteit (VU) University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Neil Andersson
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Affiliations Community Information and Epidemiological Technologies (CIET), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Centro de Investigación de Enfermedades Tropicales (CIET), Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero, Acapulco, Mexico
- Zulma Ortiz
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Affiliation Epidemiological Research Institute, National Academy of Medicine, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Tim Ramsay
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Affiliation Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Health Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Annie Bai
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Affiliation Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Vijay K. Shukla
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Affiliation Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Jeremy M. Grimshaw
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Affiliation Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Health Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JG MB BS NA LB. Performed the experiments: ZO JP VS AB. Analyzed the data: BS TR. Wrote the paper: ZO JG MB BS LB. Other: Designed the study: JS. Wrote the first draft of the paper: BS.