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Article History

Received: 4 July 2024

Accepted: 10 January 2025

First Online: 22 January 2025

Declarations

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: The study was conducted according to the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the Institutional Ethical Committee of Banaras Hindu University (Dean/2021/EC/2817). The procedures performed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the committee. Written informed consent was obtained from all respondents before commencement of the study. The investigators obtained assent from minor children who participated and written informed consent from older adolescents.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this research article.