Arya, Bikas K.
Bhattacharya, Sangeeta Das
Harigovind, Gautam
Das, Ranjan S.
Khan, Tila
Ganaie, Feroze
Niyogi, Swapan K.
Ravikumar, K. L.
Manoharan, Anand
Bhattacharyya, Subhasish
Panda, Samiran
Mandal, Sutapa
Acharya, Banuja
Funding for this research was provided by:
United States Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, and USIEF, New Delhi (Fulbright-Nehru Doctoral Research Award 2014-15)
Indian Council of Medical Research (5/7/463/2010-RHN)
Article History
Received: 24 January 2019
Accepted: 22 May 2019
First Online: 20 June 2019
Compliance with Ethical Standards
:
: All procedures performed in this study were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional research committees. The ethics committees of the Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur (IIT-KGP), Midnapore Medical College Hospital (MMCH) and, NICED approved this study. Additional approvals were obtained from the district and state health authorities and the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI). All parents and guardians included in the study provided written informed consent for themselves and their children.
: None
: Primary: Indian Council of Medical Research (funded by MoHFW, Government of India) (Reference number: 5/7/463/2010-RHN). Others: Fulbright-Nehru Doctoral Research Award 2014-15 (Sponsored by United States Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, and USIEF, New Delhi.