Puzhankara, Lakshmi
Janakiram, Chandrashekar
Gutjahr, Georg
Bijukumar, Sandra Chaithanyam
Vasthare, Ramprasad
Kedlaya, Madhurya N.
Shetty, Sahana
Pai, Aparna Ramakrishna
Rao, Sudhakar
Srinivasan, Sowmya
Fenol, Angel
Article History
Received: 21 December 2024
Accepted: 3 March 2025
First Online: 15 April 2025
Declarations
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: This epidemiological study was designed in compliance with the principles of the Helsinki Declaration and the study was approved by the institutional scientific review committee and the institutional ethics committee. The study received ethical approvals from the Institutional Review Board and the Kasturba Medical College and Kasturba Hospital Institutional Ethics Committee, under the reference IEC-834/2021 and informed consent was obtained from the participants.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.