Kunnath, Asha Kurukkan http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3688-3901
Mathew, Suseela http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9541-5935
Mothadaka, Mukteswar Prasad http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1104-7501
Rao, Ravishankar Chandragiri Nagaraja http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6937-7741
Article History
Received: 24 March 2021
Accepted: 5 July 2021
First Online: 16 July 2021
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the Institutional Research Review Committee and the Institute Project Evaluation and Monitoring Cell. It is also certified that the study was performed in accordance with the ethical standards as laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study and their legal guardians.
: The authors affirm that the participants provided informed consent for publication of the study findings.
: The authors declare no competing interests.