Swain, Dharitri https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3287-9334
Parida, Swayam Pragyan
Jena, Saubhagya Kumar
Das, Mahasweta
Das, Hrushikesh
Funding for this research was provided by:
Indian Council of Medical Research
Article History
Received: 22 March 2019
Accepted: 14 February 2020
First Online: 4 March 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical clearance was obtained from the All India Institute of Medical Research, Review Board of AIIMS, Bhubaneswar (Letter No- IEC Proposal/T/EM/F/NUR/13/08). Written permission was optioned from the concerned local authority before commencing the main the study. Written informed consent was obtained from the study participants, whereas for illiterate women thumb impression was obtained in the presence of a witness. No participants were reported below 18 years of age at the time of data collection and hence no assent was obtained in this study.
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.