Siji, Annes
Karthik, K. N.
Pardeshi, Varsha Chhotusing
Hari, P. S.
Vasudevan, Anil http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1723-9694
Funding for this research was provided by:
TATA Educational Trust (Health-CKCC-20141118)
Indian Council of Medical Research (3/ 1/ 2/ 6-RCH; IRIS ID No.2012-26950)
Article History
Received: 8 July 2018
Accepted: 7 November 2018
First Online: 20 November 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The Institutional Ethics Committee, St. John’s Medical College, Bangalore, India, approved the study and all participants were recruited after informed consent. The approval number for the study was 171/ 2012. Parents of the children (under the age of 16) consented to participate in the study.
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