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Shanmugam, Rekha https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6390-1162
Venugopal, Vidhya https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8720-1969
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology (DST/CCP/NHH/114/2017(G))
Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology (DST/CCP/NHH/114/2017(G))
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Article History
Received: 24 December 2024
Accepted: 13 May 2026
First Online: 2 July 2026
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Ethics approval and consent to participate: Ethical clearance was obtained from the Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, and the Institutional Ethics Committee (IEC) number is (IEC-NI/21/FEB/77/37). The research assistants obtained the written informed consent from study participants at the beginning of this study. All study methods were implemented in accordance with the guidelines and regulations in the Declaration of Helsinki.
Consent for publication: Obtained Written consent for Publications.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.
