Nzitakera, Augustin
Uwamariya, Delphine
Kato, Hisami
Surwumwe, Jean Bosco
Mbonigaba, André
Ndoricyimpaye, Ella Larissa
Uwamungu, Schifra
Manirakiza, Felix
Ndayisaba, Marie Claire
Ntakirutimana, Gervais
Seminega, Benoit
Dusabejambo, Vincent
Rutaganda, Eric
Kamali, Placide
Ngabonziza, François
Ishikawa, Rei
Watanabe, Hirofumi
Rugwizangoga, Belson
Baba, Satoshi
Yamada, Hidetaka
Yoshimura, Katsuhiro
Sakai, Yasuhiro
Sugimura, Haruhiko
Shinmura, Kazuya
Funding for this research was provided by:
Smoking Research Foundation
HUSM Grant-in-Aid
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (20K07445)
Article History
Received: 18 June 2024
Accepted: 30 September 2024
First Online: 11 October 2024
Declarations
:
: This study was approved by the institutional review board of the University of Rwanda College of Medicine and Health Sciences (Approval notice: No.295/CMHSIRB/2020 and No.310/CMHSIRB/2021), the Ethical Committee of the University Teaching Hospital of Kigali (Ref.: EC/CHUK/2/064/2020) and the ethics committee of the Hamamatsu University School of Medicine (EC HUSM number: 20 − 011). All study participants were informed of the purpose of the study and voluntarily signed an informed consent form before participating in this study.
: The authors declare no competing interests.