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Mustafa, Akif http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7917-8922
Shekhar, Chander
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Received: 2 March 2022
Accepted: 19 July 2022
First Online: 25 July 2022
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: The authors have not performed any kind of human experiment or blood sample collection for this study. This study utilizes secondary data of CNNS, 2016–18. According to CNNS official report, the ethical approvals to the survey were provided by the Population Council’s International Review Board (New York, USA) and the ethics committee of the Post Graduate Institute of Medical and Research (Chandigarh, India) [CitationRef removed]. For children less than ten years old, written informed consent was taken from the parent/caregiver. For adolescents less than 18 years old, the informed consent was taken from parents/caregiver. Written informed consent was taken from adolescents > 17 years of age [CitationRef removed]. All methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations.
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: None of the authors have any conflict of interest to declare.
