Shetty, Avinash
Rao, Chythra R. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4016-2683
Kamath, Asha
SP, Vibha
Reddy T, Sravan Kumar
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Iodine Deficiency Disorders Control Programme (NIDDCP), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Karnataka.
Article History
Received: 21 November 2017
Accepted: 24 July 2018
First Online: 13 August 2018
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: “All 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.” Institutional Ethical clearance was obtained from Ethics Committee (IEC) of Kasturba Medical College, Manipal (IEC: 922/2016). Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
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: National Iodine Deficiency Disorders Control Programme (NIDDCP), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Karnataka.