Gunasinghe, Darsha
Gunawardhana, Chathurika
Halahakoon, Shakthi
Haneeka, Ali
Hanim, Najiyya
Hapuarachchi, Chamara
Rathish, Devarajan https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3346-4410
Article History
Received: 22 February 2019
Accepted: 17 February 2020
First Online: 27 February 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical clearance was obtained from the Ethics Review Committee of Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka (ERC/2018/53). Informed verbal consent to participate was obtained from all participants. Verbal consent following an explanation of the study was considered suitable as the study did not collect any sensitive data neither did it involve any anthropometric measurements or venipuncture and also the study subjects were ≥ 18 years of age. All necessary measures were taken to preserve participant’s privacy and confidentiality.
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.