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Article History

Received: 26 July 2022

Accepted: 22 November 2022

First Online: 12 December 2022

Declarations

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: The authors declare no competing interests.

: The Central Ethics Committee on Human Research (CECHR) under the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) provided the ethical approval for conducting the LASI survey. Analyses and methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations. The survey agencies that conducted the field survey for the data collection have collected prior informed consent (signed and oral) for both the inter- views and biomarker tests from the eligible respondents in accordance with Human Subjects Protection

: Not applicable

: The authors declare that there is no competing interest.