Funding for this research was provided by:
Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, India (09/254(0300)/2019-EMR-I)
Article History
Received: 27 September 2023
Accepted: 14 February 2024
First Online: 21 March 2024
Declarations
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
: This study was conducted after approval by the Institutional Ethics Committee, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab, India in accordance with the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki (Letter No: 301/HG dated 07-04-2022). Informed consent was obtained from all participants before conducting the study. The methodology was in accordance with guidelines and regulations of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) National Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical and Health Research for human subjects.