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Assent: going beyond acknowledgement for fair inclusion
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Contributors AC contributed to the design, wrote the first draft and revised the final manuscript. CG contributed to the design, provided feedback and revised the final manuscript.
Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.
Competing interests None declared.
Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.
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