Munshi, Hrishikesh https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6808-5368
Khan, Tabassum https://orcid.org/0009-0009-5308-4969
Khan, Shagufta
DasMahapatra, Pramathes
Balakrishnan, Sheila
Nirmala, Chelana
Das, Vinita
Kulkarni, Ketki
John, Bimal M
Majumdar, Amiya
Sowmini, CV
Srivastava, Aarti
Khade, Komal
Gajbhiye, Rahul K https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3864-1818
Funding for this research was provided by:
Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR-NIRRCH/MS/RA/1613/09–2023).)
Article History
Received: 14 December 2023
Accepted: 18 April 2024
First Online: 23 April 2024
Declarations
:
: 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. The study was approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee (IEC) of the ICMR-National Institute for Research in Reproductive and Child Health, Mumbai (D/ICEC/Sci-106/143/2016) as well as by the IECs of all participating study sites. Written informed consent were obtained from all participating women.
: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.