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Modeling trajectories of long-term care needs at old age: A Japanese-Swedish comparison

ETHICS
Ethics approval for the SNAC-K study has been obtained by Centrala Etikpröv-
ningsnämnden (Central Ethical Review Board) 2007-09-20 (Dnr Ö 26-2007). Ethics
approval for the longitudinal survey entitled “Nihon University Japanese Longitudinal
Study of Aging” has been obtained by the Ethics Review Committee of the School of
Medicine, Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan.
Consent was obtained from all participating persons in the studies.

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