Nagargoje, Varsha https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5613-7231
Dilip, T. R. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0916-2383
Prasad, Jitender https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2865-6111
James, K. S. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5364-5326
Article History
Accepted: 19 July 2024
First Online: 7 August 2024
Declarations
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: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) extended the necessary guidelines, and ethical approval for conducting the LASI survey. All methods were carried out in accordance with those relevant guidelines and regulations.
: 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.
: The authors declare no competing interests.