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Muhammad, T. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1486-7038
Pai, Manacy https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3608-3859
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Received: 15 March 2023
Accepted: 7 August 2023
First Online: 29 August 2023
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: The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.
: Ethics approval was obtained from the Central Ethics Committee on Human Research (CECHR) under the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). And all methods were carried out in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations of ICMR.
: The survey agencies that conducted the field survey for the data collection have collected prior informed consent (signed and oral) for both the interviews and biomarker tests from the eligible respondents in accordance with Human Subjects Protection. Informed consent was obtained from all subjects and/or their legal guardian(s).
