Authorship Contributions:
1. Dr Alison Deasy - substantial contribution to the
acquisition, analysis and interpretation of data; involved in drafting
the manuscript; agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work in
ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part
of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.
2. Dr Tanya O’Neill - substantial contribution to the
acquisition, analysis and interpretation of data; involved in drafting
the manuscript; gave final approval of the version to be published;
agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that
questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work
are appropriately investigated and resolved.
3. Mr Daniel Rawluk - substantial contribution to the analysis
of data; involved in drafting the manuscript; gave final approval of the
version to be published; agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the
work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of
any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.
4. Mr Joseph Deasy - substantial contribution to the analysis
of data; involved in drafting the manuscript; gave final approval of the
version to be published; agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the
work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of
any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.
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