Sokhi, Jasmine
Sikka, Ruhi
Raina, Priyanka
Kaur, Ramandeep
Matharoo, Kawaljit
Arora, Punit
Bhanwer, AJS
Article History
Received: 9 April 2015
Accepted: 21 July 2015
First Online: 7 August 2015
Compliance with ethical standards
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: This study was funded under the scheme of “Centre with Potential for Excellence in Particular Area” Grant no. F.8-2/2008(NS/PE) (UGC, India); and “University with Potential for Excellence” Grant no. F.14-2/2008(NS/PE) (UGC, India) to Prof. AJS Bhanwer at Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. The financial assistance to Jasmine Sokhi through Maulana Azad National fellowship scheme is greatly acknowledged (Letter no. F.40-50(M/S)/2009(SA-III/MANF). We are also extremely grateful to all the individuals who participated in this study.
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: All the procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.